Apparently you have set the option under preferences to open registers in separate windows [I don't remember the exact wording]. If you change that to the default to open in a new tab you will automatically close all register windows when you close the program. I do not use that setting so I am not sure how to close all register windows in that case.
On Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 12:56 PM <p...@kroitor.ca> wrote: > (a resend of a mistitled prior message) > > > > For the last thirty years (has it really been that long?) I have been using > Quicken to track the finances of about twelve entities. Most are > individuals, but there are two non-profits, a trust, and two "real" > companies. Starting five years ago, I have been slowly converting these to > GnuCash, and I now have moved over four of them. > > Generally, I am very happy with GnuCash, and I both thank and congratulate > everyone who has contributed to it over the years. However, like every > software package, it has small annoyances that drive me nuts. However, > there > may well be (better) work-arounds other people use that I just don't know > about, so I thought I would ask here if anyone had solutions. > > Issue number 1, and the most annoying, is that I like to run all my GnuCash > files with certain standard report tabs open all the time. So, for example, > I will keep main accounts list in tab 1, the year-to-date transactions list > in tab 2, the multicolumn balance sheet in tab 3, then a couple of pie > charts, and so on. Any register I open (a bank, say) comes up in a separate > window. It generally works well, and I can easily switch back and forth > between entities at will, as when I close the file (set of books), the > entire configuration is saved and then gets re-established when next > opened. > > The annoyance comes when I am using other apps at the same time and close > the main (multi-tabbed) GnuCash window, without seeing that there's a bank > register still open behind some other app. When this happens, this bank > register becomes GnuCash's main window, and my careful constructed assembly > of reports and graphs gets trashed (ie. it is not saved and restored upon > the next open). I have to go into the saved reports and reload every one of > them again, trying to remember the sequence and hoping the saved custom > reports weren't modified without saving. > > Given GnuCash's window management norms, which aren't identical to Windows > norms, I can't really think of any simple design fix. But it would be nice > if there was a warning when closing a window containing the main accounts > window when there were other registers still open. Surely this is rarely > done on purpose, as one can't do much until the accounts window is reopened > anyway. > > Or is there another way of preventing this mishap? > > Paul > > PS: a corollary of this is that it would be nice to have an auto-refresh > option for GnuCash reports / graphs such that if the focus moved into a > report or graph, it would refresh it before the window redraw. This was a > performance issue decades ago, but certainly not any more. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
