Register Column Widths

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Jun 4 23:11:29 EDT 2008


It would be somewhere in src/register, I think.  I don't actually
recall where it's configured.   Look for the definition and usage
of the description column?

-derek

Quoting "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>:

> Once again, this UI feature confuses a new user. Again I will state 
> that I think it would be easier to make the register columns behave 
> in the way that most users have come to expect than to have to 
> repeatedly inform them of how GC developers have set this up.
>
> Where in the code is the auto-stretch feature set, and how might I 
> change it either not to behave this way, or to be a selectable 
> behavior option?
>
> David
>
> --- On Wed, 6/4/08, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: Register Column Widths
>> To: "Fleet Teachout" <fleet at teachout.org>
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 5:35 PM
>> Hi,
>>
>> Quoting Fleet Teachout <fleet at teachout.org>:
>>
>> > Didn't find this subject in the Wiki FAQs; so how
>> do I modify the widths
>> > of the columns in the register.  I got the date column
>> to behave; but I
>> > can't seem to change the width of any of the other
>> columns.  In
>> > particular, "description" which takes up
>> most of the screen display.
>> >
>> > I'm using CentOS 5, Gnome desktop, and GnuCash
>> 2.2.4.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help.
>>
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F__Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F
>>
>>
>> > 				- fleet -
>>
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>> -derek
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