[GNC] Locking the side bar items

[Gyle McCollam]

The button in the toolbar should say "Close Tab", that would make it clearer.  In windows, the OP should get used to closing Gnucash with the "X" in the upper right corner.  As for the tabs, under Edit/Preferences/Windows and then the heading Tabs you can select to put a "Close Button" actually an "X" on each tab to close that tab. That way you don't have to memorize Crtl+W or Alt+F4, not that it is that difficult.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 3:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items


I read the OP's question a little differently. I think the OP wants some
way to tell GnuCash, "When I click the "Close" button, I don't want the
currently open tab to close." In other words, I don't think it's about
what happens when GC reopens, it's about having GC ignore a button click
that the user didn't mean to make.

I can sympathize: It took me a while to learn that the Close button
doesn't close the program, as I would have expected, and even now every
once in a  while I close a tab when I wanted to close the program.
(Close buttons on a tab should close that tab; a close button not on a
tab should close the program -- or so it seems to me.)

But that's how GC works, and we just have to learn it. I didn't post an
answer earlier because I don't think there's any way to change this
behavior.

One thing that might help the OP, at least in Windows, is never to sue
the Close button but instead close a tab (when desired) with Ctrl+W and
close the program (if desired) with Alt+F4.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com

On 2023-04-11 11:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I've never seen a case where the open tabs *don't* re-open when I next
> open the file.
>
> That's already a feature.
>
> Maybe there is a reason it isn't working properly on your system.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 4/11/23 5:30 AM, G R Hewitt wrote:
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I was just wondering if there was anyway to prevent (lock) opened
>> tabs from being closed.
>>
>> I have all the things I use - P&L, BS etc., on the right, and just
>> can't seem to break the habit of clicking 'Close' to close the
>> program, which closes the open tab instead.>
>>
>> If not, could this be added as a feature at some point?
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