You can remove the "X" on the tabs to prevent accidental closing. Under Edit/Preference/Windows and the section labeled Tabs. Just click on box to remove the check on "Show close on notebook tabs". Then you shouldn't be able to close accidentally.
Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email ________________________________ From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf of G R Hewitt <hewit...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 2:19 AM To: David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> Cc: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org <gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org>; Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> Subject: Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items Thank you all for your considered comments and suggestions, from which I can see that I failed to explain myself adequately, so apologies there. What I want to be able to do is to ‘lock’ the tabs I open so that they cannot be closed with out first being ‘unlocked’. Perhaps a little padlock icon that would replace the ‘X’ when locked - similar to programs that use ‘layers’, like Photoshop for example. In this way one would be unable to accidentality close a tab and perhaps lose settings. Regards, GH On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 04:41, David T. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Honestly, the button could be removed altogether in my opinion. The close > "X" on tabs is pretty standard in other apps, and has the benefit of being > a direct action that most users understand intuitively. > > David T. > > On Apr 12, 2023, 1:07 AM, at 1:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >I agree, the button could be more precise in its label. > > > >The tool tip in the status bar on hovering that button says, "close the > > > >currently active page". > > > >The functionality of that button and the entire toolbar (the UI really) > > > >is also covered in the Manual. > > > >I'd say this is a, "read the manual" sort of problem and GnuCash is > >working as intended. > > > >Regards, > >Adrien > > > >On 4/11/23 4:12 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: > >> The button in the toolbar should say "Close Tab", that would make it > >clearer. In windows, the OP should get used to closing Gnucash with > >the "X" in the upper right corner. As for the tabs, under > >Edit/Preferences/Windows and then the heading Tabs you can select to > >put a "Close Button" actually an "X" on each tab to close that tab. > >That way you don't have to memorize Crtl+W or Alt+F4, not that it is > >that difficult. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
