Can't see bottom of window?

[Geert Janssens]

Op vrijdag 9 december 2016 13:44:00 CET schreef John Whitmore:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 09:05:20PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Thu, 8 Dec 2016 20:08:16 +0000 John Whitmore <arigead at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 01:54:36PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> > > > At Thu, 8 Dec 2016 18:40:03 +0000 John Whitmore <arigead at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 01:32:39PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> > > > > > At Thu, 8 Dec 2016 17:34:37 +0000 John Whitmore 
<arigead at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > I'm running GnuCash 2.6.14 on OpenSuse Tumbleweed and Gnome
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I can't get GnuCash to sit inside the physical display. It's
> > > > > > > displaying below the bottom of the actual window so I've no
> > > > > > > idea what's down there. I can't move the window up past the top
> > > > > > > edge so bottom edge just can't be reached to resize. I'm not
> > > > > > > being allowed to maximise.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Has anybody encountered that and what's the fix?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > You *should* be able to grab the the top window manager border
> > > > > > (above the
> > > > > > title), and drag it down -- any *sane* WM will let you resize from
> > > > > > any of the four borders.  This will "shorten" the window.  *Then*
> > > > > > you can drag the title bar to move the window up.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If Metacity (Gnome's window manager), won't let you do that, you
> > > > > > can install a *sane* window manager that will let you do that
> > > > > > (fvwm for example).  Then scrap Metacity and use fvwm instead
> > > > > > (yes it is possible to do that).> > > > 
> > > > > All of that works on any other window but for some reason GnuCash
> > > > > appears to have a limit set so that I can grab the top of the
> > > > > window to resize it but not any shorter then it currently is. As
> > > > > you have outlined I can resize any window, just not GnuCash which
> > > > > has this limit.
> > > > 
> > > > Which GnuCash window? *I* can shorten GnuCash's account or transaction
> > > > windows down to *silly* shortness -- shows 2 accounts in the account
> > > > window, or 10 transactions in the transaction (basic ledger) in
> > > > GnuCash 2.4.15 (which is what I have with CentOS 6).  This is with
> > > > FVWM as the window manager.
> > > > 
> > > > How small is your display?  Don't tell me you have a 480x640 screen? 
> > > > Really?> > 
> > > Not really ;-) 1366x768 but I'll grant you I could use a new computer.
> > > Maybe Santa will bring me one.
> > 
> > That is the same resolution I have.  My *computer* can do a larger
> > resolution, but my (fairly new) monitor can't -- it is not ginormous,
> > since I don't have room for a ginormous screen.  As it is it does not fit
> > well.
> > 
> > > I have the accounts window open with 22 accounts on the display.
> > 
> > Is the Scheduled Transaction Editor on one of the tabs?  It should be
> > possible to shrink down the *accounts window* to show only a few (2?)
> > accounts with a scrollbar to show the rest.  The *Scheduled Transaction
> > Editor* wants to be a large window (with a calendar of upcoming payments
> > indicated), so if it is one of the tabs, it will lock the window into a
> > large size.  What happens when you close that *tab*?
> 
> Brilliant thanks for your help! I've never used Scheduled Transactions, as
> yet, but you were on the right track. I had opened a Bill through "Business"
> -> "Vender" -> "Find Bill" The bill in question is a one line bill but for
> some reason it increases the size of the GnuCash Window and won't allow
> reduced size. Even though it's a one line bill that doesn't need screen
> size.
> 
> I tried with FVWM2 and compiled GnuCash from source opening it, which pulled
> in my accounts, my tabs and had the same problem.
> 
> Anyhow strange problem but I've closed the Bill in question and I now know
> about the second use of the Windows Key so all good. Thanks again for your
> help.
> 
Can you file a bug for this please ?

IMO if bill can be displayed in a smaller window, gnucash should do so. 
Reporting it as a bug will remind us developers to look into this.

Thanks,

Geert