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

[Tom Route36]

Hi David,

I know that the column widths can be set and saved for individual 
registers.  But my question is about the Register Default Style, not the 
column widths.  Is there a way to set and save the STYLE setting for 
individual account registers?

Tom


On 12/15/2025 8:48 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> 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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