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

[Kalpesh Patel]

Check MS PowerToy's Keyboard Manager if it is installed ... most likely the culprit.

-----Original Message-----
From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 11:09 PM
To: Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's Default Style?

Hi Tom,

Glad it was helpful.  Be aware this works as expected on 2 of my 3 Win 11 desktops but on the 3rd the accelerator keys create new desktops and attempt to start my audio recorder - obviously something different in that Win 11 setup or some other apps have grabbed the shortcut keys already on that one - I'll pin it down over time when I can be bothered :-)

Cheers David H.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 at 12:58, Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> David H,
>
> I just want to say a big Thank You for this info.  I went and edited 
> that accelerator-map file just now; and it changed things and works 
> exactly as you described.  I still feel that the Register View Style 
> should be saved along with the Column Width settings; so I'll probably 
> still be putting in an RFE for that.  But having these shortcut keys 
> available rather than having to mouse-click for the View settings each 
> time sure makes life easier.  (Hey, I'm still new to GnuCash and 
> learning my way around.)
>
> Thanks again.  And feel free to keep these tips coming, Tom
>
>
> On 12/16/2025 2:17 PM, David H wrote:
>
> 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> <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> <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> <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> <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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