[GNC] Locking the side bar items

[G R Hewitt]

Gyles, sir, you win the cigar (or prize of preference).
What's annoying is I looked there, but just didn't see it.
Thank you so much.

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 15:40, Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:

> You can remove the "X" on the tabs to prevent accidental closing.  Under
> Edit/Preference/Windows and the section labeled Tabs.  Just click on box to
> remove the check on "Show close on notebook tabs".  Then you shouldn't be
> able to close accidentally.
>
> Thank You,
>
> *Gyle McCollam*
>
> Gyle McCollam
>
> gmccollam at live.com <gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 12, 2023 2:19 AM
> *To:* David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
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> Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items
>
> Thank you all for your considered comments and suggestions, from which I
> can see that I failed to explain myself adequately, so apologies there.
>
> What I want to be able to do is to ‘lock’ the tabs I open so that they
> cannot be closed with out first being ‘unlocked’.
>
> Perhaps a little padlock icon that would replace the ‘X’ when locked -
> similar to programs that use ‘layers’, like Photoshop for example.
>
> In this way one would be unable to accidentality close a tab and perhaps
> lose settings.
>
>
> Regards, GH
>
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 04:41, David T. via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > Honestly, the button could be removed altogether in my opinion. The close
> > "X" on tabs is pretty standard in other apps, and has the benefit of
> being
> > a direct action that most users understand intuitively.
> >
> > ⁣David T. ​
> >
> > On Apr 12, 2023, 1:07 AM, at 1:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone <
> > adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> > >I agree, the button could be more precise in its label.
> > >
> > >The tool tip in the status bar on hovering that button says, "close the
> > >
> > >currently active page".
> > >
> > >The functionality of that button and the entire toolbar (the UI really)
> > >
> > >is also covered in the Manual.
> > >
> > >I'd say this is a, "read the manual" sort of problem and GnuCash is
> > >working as intended.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Adrien
> > >
> > >On 4/11/23 4:12 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote:
> > >> 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.
> > >
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