Me, too... I keep the main checking register tab open, along with our commonly-used credit cards. I actually didn't know one could have separate windows.
The OP said that under certain circumstances, he would lose "everything" and have to re-create the Chart of Accounts???? That sounds pretty horrific. On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 8:53 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I'm curious how separate windows for registers is advantageous over > separate tabs. I routinely keep several registers open as well as > reports - all in tabs, and can easily switch between them. I've never > found a point where I'd like, or need, to see two tabs (and thus > windows) simultaneously. > > That's just a curiosity. > > I can see that if you need, or prefer working with separate windows, > however, there should be a way to get everything to re-open on a > subsequent launch. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 4/11/23 5:23 PM, Paul Kroitor wrote: > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
