[GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's Default Style?

Tom Route36 tom.route36 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 02:46:26 EST 2025


Hi all,
First up, my apologies here for asking a minor nit-picky kind of 
question.  But here goes.  I know that GnuCash lets you go and edit 
Preferences to set a Register Default Style to one of three -- Basic 
Ledger, Auto-Split Ledger, or Transaction Journal.  And once you set 
that it becomes the default for ALL registers.  And for my EXPENSE 
registers (food, clothing, etc. where I have lots of splits) I default 
to the Transaction Journal style.  But ...

... for my LIABILTY registers (mainly credit cards) it's much easier to 
reconcile those accounts when they're viewed as Basic Ledgers. And I 
know how to go into each register and select View -> Basic Ledger.  
Pretty easy and straightforward.  But ...

... (here's the nit-picky part) every time I open one of those Liability 
registers, I have to do those two extra mouse clicks to set the register 
view back to Basic Ledger.  Yes, it's only two extra mouse clicks.  But 
each and every time?  It's annoying.

So, here's the question.  Is there any way to override the GnuCash 
Register Default Style either for ALL LIABILITY registers, or possibly 
for EACH register individually?

What I'd like is for my EXPENSE registers to default to Transaction 
Journal, and my LIABILTY registers to default to Basic Ledger.  If 
there's some hidden setting or preference that I just haven't found yet, 
I'd really appreciate any help locating it.

Thanks,
Tom


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