register columns

[Derek Atkins]

James Kerr <jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk> writes:

> On Thursday 13 Mar 2008, Stuart Blood wrote:
>> This is a silly problem, I know, but it's causing me some
>> frustration:  In a register view, I don't seem to be able to size the
>> column widths reasonably.  For example, "Description/Notes" is much
>> wider than I want, while the columns to the right are too
>> narrow.  When I try to drag the right-hand vertical limit for the
>> "description" column to the left, it wants to bounce back to its
>> original position.  Is there a way for me to control this?
>>
>
> To reduce the width of the "Description", reduce the width of the window and 
> then increase the width of the other columns. (It's covered somewhere in 
> the docs, but I can't find the reference at the moment.)

This really should be in the FAQ.  The Description column will always
auto-expand to fill the width of the window.  In order to reduce the
size of the Description column you must first INCREASE the size of the
other columns and THEN you can reduce the size of the Desc column.

> Jim

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-derek

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