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

[Kalpesh Patel]

While sequencing it in certain order works to preserve the setting which I think is consequence of the sequencing, nonetheless it is not a mechanism by which settings can be saved persistently IMHO (I’m wearing my developer hat here). If they are truly settable and saved, then it should persist across anyway of GNC restart. 

 

Having an account register open when closing GNC is anathema for me – I like nothing but COA pop open and go from there.

 

From: Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 9:27 PM
To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net>
Cc: 'Liz' <edodd at billiau.net>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's Default Style?

 

Kalpesh,

Actually, what I found was that the Register Style (just like Column Width) DOES persist across GnuCash restarts.  That part does work as expected.  What DOESN'T work is that only the Column Widths are being saved during the restart, and not the Register Style.

If the Column Widths are being saved, why wouldn't that include the Register Style?  It seems like a program bug (or maybe a feature request?) that could be fixed just by saving the current Style setting at the same time that the Column Widths are being saved.

I'm still relatively new to GnuCash; but hasn't anyone else commented on this issue before?

Tom




On 12/15/2025 6:38 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote:

That means there is not a way to save the Register Style and persist across
GNC restarts., unlike column widths which persists across GNC restarts.
 
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From: Liz  <mailto:edodd at billiau.net> <edodd at billiau.net> 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 7:37 PM
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's Default
Style?
 
On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:11:15 -0600
David Carlson  <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
 

Tom, you did it backwards.  Leave the register open and close GnuCash.
Then re-open Gnucash.
 
 

 
If you follow Tom's exact steps you will get Tom's result.
 
I did.
 
 
Liz
 
 
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