Columns too narrow/can't adjust

[carpetnailz at researchintegration.org]

On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 15:08 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "carpetnailz at researchintegration.org"
> <carpetnailz at researchintegration.org> writes:
> 
> > My Deposit/Withdrawal/Balance columns are not the right width. In
> > particular the Deposit column only shows some of the numerals. And I
> > can't get gnucash to let me adjust the widths. Mostly when I try to drag
> > a column wider, to create some space for the Deposit column, it springs
> > right back to it's original width. Occasionally I can seemingly get a
> > column to change its width only to have to revert when I go to a
> > different account or even when I return to the account where I changed
> > the width.
> >
> > How can I make the necessary adjustment? I looked under Preferences, but
> > there doesn't seem to be any relevant options there.
> >
> > The suggestion in the FAQ for adjusting register column size doesn't
> > help. The only way to change the size of the Deposit column seems to be
> > to shrink the Description column. So I can't adjust its size first, the
> > way the FAQ suggests. Isn't there some other way to override the
> > autosizing feature of the Description column?
> 
> The FAQ suggestion works for me.  You grab the right-hand side of the
> deposit column and drag it to the right.  A scrollbar will appear.  Then
> you can grab the right side of the description and drag it to the left
> until the scrollbar disappears.
> 
> What happens when you try this procedure?

> -derek
> 
I've gotten it to work now. Thanks.

I think I wasn't dragging the right-hand side of the deposit col to the
right, as I felt this would just make the withdrawal and balance columns
smaller, which I didn't want to do. So I kept trying to drag the
left-hand side of the deposit column tom make it wider.

Thanks