Can't adjust width of last column

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 19:45:59 EDT 2015


On 9/17/2015 4:37 PM, David T. wrote:
> For what it’s worth, there is simply no way to adjust the Balance
> column in Mac OS X except to double click the column heading. When I
> put the bug in, there were numerous reports of problems on Windows
> machines as well. Perhaps there was a change in behavior under Windows
> in the ensuing three years…
>
> It is with a little trepidation that I point out that this issue would
> probably not exist if the Description column weren’t set to autoexpand
> to fill the available space. I have always felt that this behavior
> was… idiosyncratic, to say the least. It has confused many users over
> the years. Most software packages I use have a model wherein the user
> can grab the column dividers to resize columns, or double-click any
> column to auto-adjust the width of that column. While it may have
> seemed like a good idea at the time, given the expectations of many
> users, I wonder whether this decision still stands the test of time.
>
> Adding notes to the documentation is one solution; changing the
> interface to match user expectations might be another.
>
> David T.
>

Well, you can tell that I do not have any Apple devices anywhere near
me.  So Mac OS or Mac OS X is what you have on your Mac and i OS is what
runs on i-phones, if I can believe what I read in Wikipedia.  David ,
sorry about the misteak.

I really do not like waiting for an event like the roll-out of Register2
which depends on a lot of code infrastructure changes, but I think that
without a lot more help from volunteers like a few of us where possible,
it will be a long time before this and certain other annoying 'bugs'
ever get fixed.  The active developers and active volunteers have very
limited resources and we need to be grateful for their contributions.

David C


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