Perhaps the OP's issue is variation of a slightly different issue that I've asked about in the past.
I have Gnucash set so the tabs are across the top, and reports open as additional tabs in the main window. I can open and configure many reports during a session, and these reports survive a close and re-open. Thus I configure each set of books to have all my favourite reports and graphs available immediately upon opening the file. BUT I have my registers set to open in separate windows (so I can work in more than one at a time). The upshot is that if I close all the register windows first, and then the main window (the one with the Chart of Accounts, reports, graphs, etc), it all works as intended. However, if one of the register windows is still open somewhere -- hidden behind another app, perhaps -- when I close the main window, everything is catastrophically lost. Reopening the file opens only the straggling register window and I have to re-establish a Chart of Accounts tab, and then labouriously reconstruct all the reports and graphs I like. I've been meaning to code a warning upon close if the main window (the window including the Chart of Accounts tab) is ever closed when other floating windows are still open, as this presumably would never happen on purpose -- perhaps I will get to it one of these months as it drives me crazy. Paul -----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+paul=kroitor...@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of Stan Brown Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 3:05 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items I read the OP's question a little differently. I think the OP wants some way to tell GnuCash, "When I click the "Close" button, I don't want the currently open tab to close." In other words, I don't think it's about what happens when GC reopens, it's about having GC ignore a button click that the user didn't mean to make. I can sympathize: It took me a while to learn that the Close button doesn't close the program, as I would have expected, and even now every once in a while I close a tab when I wanted to close the program. (Close buttons on a tab should close that tab; a close button not on a tab should close the program -- or so it seems to me.) But that's how GC works, and we just have to learn it. I didn't post an answer earlier because I don't think there's any way to change this behavior. One thing that might help the OP, at least in Windows, is never to sue the Close button but instead close a tab (when desired) with Ctrl+W and close the program (if desired) with Alt+F4. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-04-11 11:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I've never seen a case where the open tabs *don't* re-open when I next > open the file. > > That's already a feature. > > Maybe there is a reason it isn't working properly on your system. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 4/11/23 5:30 AM, G R Hewitt wrote: >> Greetings all, >> >> I was just wondering if there was anyway to prevent (lock) opened >> tabs from being closed. >> >> I have all the things I use - P&L, BS etc., on the right, and just >> can't seem to break the habit of clicking 'Close' to close the >> program, which closes the open tab instead.> >> >> If not, could this be added as a feature at some point? _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
