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

[David Carlson]

It might also be a good idea to note which types of windows to apply this
to.  For example, registers for Accounts with children behave slightly
differently than simple account registers.  Then there are several other
special types of windows.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:

> Probably all the elements of the entire view should be saved. It is better
> to over-save then to under-save. Thinking of MS Registry hives here ...
>
> I normally implement something like this in my coding: set sane default
> value to element1; read config file and if config file has the setting for
> elelemt1 then set elemet1 to that; rinse-and-repeat
>
> This allows a seasoned person to tweak only necessary elements of their
> choosing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 1:08 PM
> To: R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com>
> Cc: adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net; gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's
> Default Style?
>
> 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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