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

[David H]

Oops my bad, the lines to be changed will normally look as follows before
they are changed - i.e. empty double quotes just before the right closing
bracket ...

; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleDoubleLineAction" "")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/0" "")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/1" "")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/2" "")

Cheers David H.


On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 at 07:09, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I haven't seen mentioned in all of this are the Accelerator shortcut
> keys that for keyboard users can be set to easily change the View in the
> current register and may alleviate the pain somewhat :-)  Personally if I
> customise a register I tend to just leave it open permanently anyway so
> none of this is an issue for me.
>
>  i.e. Basic view = ctrl + alt + b on Windows or option / command b on macOS
>        AutoSplit ledger = ctrl + alt + s  on Windows or option / command s
> on macOS
>        Transaction Journal view = ctrl + alt + x  on Windows or option /
> command x on macOS
>        Double line view = ctrl + alt + l  on Windows or option / command l
> on macOS
>
> If you go to Gnucash >> Help >> About on Windows  (Gnucash >> About
> Gnucash on macOS) you will be presented with an "About GnuCash"
> popup window.  Clicking on the GNC_USERCONFIG_DIR link will take you to the
> GnuCash user config folder which contains an "accelerator-map" file.
>
> While GnuCash is closed, edit this file using a text editor and remove the
> semi-colon (;) from the beginning of these lines to UnComment them and
> change them as follows.  I suggest you copy this file before changing it so
> you have a backup to go back to if the need arises.
>
> change these lines from this
>
> ; (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleDoubleLineAction"
> "<Primary><Alt>l")
> ; (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/0"
> "<Primary><Alt>b")
> ; (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/1"
> "<Primary><Alt>s")
> ;  (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/2"
> "<Primary><Alt>x")
>
> to for example this :
>
> (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleDoubleLineAction"
> "<Primary><Alt>l")
> (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/0"
> "<Primary><Alt>b")
> (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/1"
> "<Primary><Alt>s")
> (gtk_accel_path
> "<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/2"
> "<Primary><Alt>x")
>
> On Windows <Primary> is the ctrl key and <Alt> is self explanatory and on
> macOS these are equivalent to option + cmd + l, b, s or x on my systems at
> least :-)
>
> Once you have these set and save the file and re-open GnuCash you should
> see the Shortcut keys to the right of the view style radio buttons as per
> the screenshot below.
>
> Cheers David H.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 at 04:09, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> If you are going to propose a button to save account register display
>> style, I would suggest also [optionally] saving the sort order and column
>> settings.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Absolutely; it's just a temporary work around until (hopefully), the
>> > feature is implemented.
>> >
>> > I typically keep about 8 tabs open all the time (my most frequently used
>> > accounts).
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM Adrien Monteleone <
>> > adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I would see the problem is that if you *ever* close that register, the
>> > > next time you open it, the default will take over.
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Adrien
>> > >
>> > > On 12/15/25 11:58 PM, R Losey wrote:
>> > > > So... given that the Register Style persists if you have the
>> register
>> > > open,
>> > > > is that something that you cannot do?
>> > >
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