That's an interesting question. When I first came to Gnucash about 10 years ago, I was (very) used to Quicken, which keeps everything in the same window. I still happily use Quicken for several sets of books, and I have no problem with its single-window paradigm.
While exploring Gnucash's options, I found Gnucash's "hybrid" mode (registers in separate windows, everything else in a single main window) and found it greatly pleasing. But I don't remember exactly why. It may be because I can enter complex splits while having the CoA (or Income Statement) displayed in an adjacent window, or because I like my "permanent" tabs (various reports, mostly) available on the tab bar uncluttered by transient register tabs coming and going. I'm intrigued enough by the question that I've set it back to single-window mode to see what bugs me. I'll let you know what I find. Paul -----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+paul=kroitor...@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of Adrien Monteleone Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 9:53 PM To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
