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

[David Carlson]

Yes, but not for for all accounts of a particular account type vs other
account types.  Each individual register can be set with particular column
widths and left open while shutting down GnuCash to memorize the column
sizes for that individual account register. This information is saved
individually for each particular data file name in a file named
[datafilename]dot gcm.
Once saved,  the settings for that account register become persistent for
following use even if the register is closed before closing GnuCash.



David Carlson

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:18 AM Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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