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

[Mark Itzcovitz]

I know David talked about column widths but the rule for the register view
is similar - you need to set the view(s) as you want, do NOT close the
account register(s), and close Gnucash.

Mark

On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 at 20:01, Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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