2.6 Reconcile...NO wrap!%$#@#$

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 4 14:00:01 EST 2014


On 1/4/2014 12:57 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 1/4/2014 12:24 PM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>> On Saturday 04 January 2014 10:17:52 Steve wrote:
>>> No, in the new version 2.6, unless there's a secret I'm missing
>>> (always want to leave myself an out so that I can humbly admit
>>> incompetence), it makes *no* difference.  You can expand the size of
>>> the reconcile window to the entire screen, but if the description of
>>> any entry is particularly long, it will push all the boxes that you
>>> check off to the right, out of sight in the window unless you
>>> physically scroll over.
>>>
>>> In the previous versions it did not make any difference the size of
>>> the window, it would automatically adjust and the check boxes would
>>> always be visible, regardless of the length of any transaction
>>> description.
>>>
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> I think you make a valid point that should be fixed. Can you please file a bugreport in 
>> bugzilla [1] for this so it won't be forgotten ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Geert
>>
>> [1] see here for more details http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla
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> Is that window different from register windows in that regard?  I am
> used to seeing long descriptions being truncated unless I move column
> width markers to the right and then a horizontal scroll bar appears
> which would allow scrolling to see the rest.  Generally, I just hover
> over the space or highlight the space if I want to see the rest.  This
> is in Windows 7.
>
> David C
...and looking at the image in the first post, you could scroll to the
right to see the rest, too.

David C


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