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

[Tom Route36]

Hi Mark,

That's the first thing I tried.  I figured if I was able to set and save 
Column Widths, then the same technique would also work for the 
Style/View setting.  But no.  It doesn't work.  It's easy to confirm.  
Try setting one of your registers to a different Style setting than what 
your Register Default Style is.  And for good measure change one of your 
Column Widths in that register.  Keep the account register open, and 
close GnuCash.  Then reopen GnuCash. Yes, you'll see that the register 
is still like you left it.  It will have the same Style and Column 
Widths just as you had set it. Perfect.

But now, go ahead and close the register.  You can leave GnuCash open 
(no need to close it).  Then reopen that same register.  You'll see that 
yes, the Column Widths are exactly as you last left them. That's great.  
But you'll also see that the Style setting has reverted back to the 
Default Style.  And that's my issue.  GnuCash doesn't save the Register 
Style setting.  It only saves the Column Widths.

So is there any way to get GnuCash to save the Register Style just like 
it saves the Column Widths?

Tom


On 12/15/2025 1:14 PM, Mark Itzcovitz wrote:
> 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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