Description column size locked when Register window is resized

[Michael Jensen]

I don't know if this is an Mac thing, but I can't resize any columns 
when looking at the account tree. Not a problem for me personally, but 
if someone were to have account names & descriptions that were large, 
it could be annoying. I do get a horizontal scrollbar, just can't 
resize the columns.
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  MJ
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Mike Jensen
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mailto://michael_jensen@bigfoot.com

On Jul 23, 2004, at 15:23, Derek Atkins wrote:

> I suspect you meant to send this back to the list, not to me 
> personally.
>
> And yes, the process of "make column A bigger then make desc column
> smaller" implies you'll get a scrollbar in the middle of the process.
>
> -derek
>
> Milind Kamble <mbkads at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> 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