[GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?

[Glenn Fowler]

It's pretty easy to figure out which register is which... just make the
date column extra wide in the GUI and it will correspond with
"date_width=###" (or do it the other way around).

I also like to have the same column widths throughout for uniformity as
well as muscle memory on locations on the screen. Just go through and match
the widths in the file.

You only have to do this once you are all set.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 1:13 AM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> It is shrinkable, but not by itself.
>
> It fills the remaining space not taken up by the other columns. So if
> you want to shrink it, make other columns wider.
>
> Alternatively, make the window narrower, and then drag the right-handle
> of the Description column to the left and let it go. It will snap back
> to fill the remaining space.
>
> The register columns will always fill the width of the window. There
> won't be any unused extra space after re-sizing them.
>
> -----
> The gcm file references the GUIDs of the accounts. Yes, you can find
> these in the data file mapped to account names. (XML is not required)
> But this isn't always necessary depending on what it is you want to
> accomplish.
>
> I'd hazard a guess that if you wanted all of your registers to have the
> same widths for all or any columns, you could craft a Find/Replace
> operation using a good text editor on the gcm file, or script the
> change(s) to it.
>
> Note, the file is normally compressed XML. (but still XML) You only need
> to uncompress it (either from within GnuCash or using some other
> utility) to read it using a plain text editor.
>
> ------
> Yes, a preference or menu action to reset one or all registers to
> defaults (or user set widths) would be nice.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 1/9/24 2:30 PM, Stephen wrote:
> > In my limited experience it seems that the column widths are different
> > for each account in the .gcm file. There does not seem to be a "uniform"
> > account setting. Furthermore, the account names are not listed in the
> > .gcm file but can be found by saving the .gnucash file in XML format and
> > opening in a text editor (Notepad) and saving away from your data. BTW,
> > my .gnucash file needed to be saved as non-compressed (General tab in
> > Preferences) to then be savable as an XML.
> >
> > A good description of this process can be found in the Archives [GNC]
> > GUID Register Codes at 12/29/2023 11:38 PM, by David Cousens.
> >
> > It would be nice if GnuCash would allow for a uniform account column
> > width setting but IRL "things" aren't uniform.
>
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