[GNC] Tab View

[David Carlson]

Gyle,

Tom is right.  The key is that the default view preferences are only
applied when the register is opened.   If you leave a register (or report)
open when you close GnuCash, that window re-opens exactly as it was, except
the cursor focus lands at the end.



David Carlson

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 3:23 PM Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gyle,
>
> I just tried duplicating what you described here; but that's not what's
> happening for me.  I changed a view on one of my open tabs to
> Transaction Journal. and then after that I changed Register Defaults ->
> Default Style to Auto-Split Ledger.  And that updated Default Style
> applies to everything.  The only thing I had to do was to close the open
> tab and then reopen it.  When that tab reopened the View was set to
> Auto-Split Ledger.  Are you closing and then reopening the tab that you
> previously set to Transaction Journal?
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 1/15/2026 1:46 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote:
> > I've previously changed the view on my open tabs to "Transaction
> Journal", then later I decided to change my preferences to "Register
> Defaults/Default Style/Auto-split Ledger".  However, tabs that have been
> changed, such as those I changed to "Transaction Journal", do not change.
> I have manually changed them to "Auto-split Ledger", but if I decided to go
> back to "Basic Ledger", I would have to change these manually again.  Is
> there a way to tell Gnucash that I want all tabs to go to the default
> view?  It would be great if on the individual tab view there was also an
> option for the "Default" in addition to the "Basic Ledger", "Auto-split
> Ledger", and "Transaction Journal".
> >
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
> > gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
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