Fwd: Re: Description column size locked when Register window is resized

[Milind Kamble]

--- Milind Kamble <mbkads at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Milind Kamble <mbkads at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Description column size locked when
> Register window is resized
> To: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> 
> Sorry for the duplicate mails I sent out. I just got
> a
> bit impatient to get a solution.
> 
> If I increase the size of the Transfer column, a
> horizontal scroll bar got created -- which implied
> that the display engine concluded that the total
> width
> of the register is larger than window width.
> 
> To eliminate the horizontal scrollbar and get the
> register neatly and completely displayed in the
> existing window, the trick is to double click on the
> vertical seperator lines in the title (aka header)
> row
> for the register (for newbies who might be reading
> this -- it is the row containing the "Date Num
> Description etc" headers
> 
> Double clicking with the left mouse button on any
> column which appears incorrectly (smaller or larger)
> auto adjusts all columns to display everything
> fully.
> That's NEAT.
> 
> Milind
> 
> 
> --- Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
> > The desc column will auto-resize to fit the
> window. 
> > That means
> > you need to resize your other columns first (or
> > resize the window
> > first) before you can resize the description
> column.
> >  For example,
> > if you first increase the size of the "Transfer"
> > column you can then
> > reduce the size of the description column.
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
> > Milind Kamble <mbkads at yahoo.com> writes:
> > 
> > > I searched the archives but found a reference to
> > this
> > > problem dating back in 2000. I am not sure this
> > has
> > > been discussed recently. So apologies in advance
> > if I
> > > have overlooked something trivial.
> > >
> > > I am using Gnucash 1.8.9 on a GNU/Debian
> > (unstable)
> > > platform. My problem is: When I resize the
> > register
> > > window to make it larger, The Description column
> > > occupies almost 60% of the window and I cannot
> > make it
> > > smaller by dragging the right-margin in the
> header
> > for
> > > that column. I would like to trade-off the
> > Description
> > > column to increase the size of the Transfer
> column
> > > since I have a non-trivial account tree, and
> would
> > > like to see as much of the account description
> as
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > I can resize all other columns except the
> > Description
> > > column. Any solutions?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Milind
> > >
> > >
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> > -- 
> >        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT
> Media
> > Laboratory
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