Changing the right-most column width

[David Carlson]

I have not needed to widen that column in a long time and I did not have
the program open when I replied.

Like Dave H I have gotten used to the UI.  I do find it harder to use on
low-res displays.

David C

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah yes I think I see the issue now that I've tried dragging it out a few
> inches - my balances are only ever in the tens of thousands so I've never
> needed to expand it that far :-(
>
> It seems you can only expand the Balance column so far and after you let go
> the mouse button the Description shoots out and expand to fill all the
> additional space you've dragged out to and the horizontal scroll bar
> appears.
>
> I don't mind the UI - maybe I've gotten used to it after a few years of
> using it.
>
> Cheers Dave H.
>
> On 1 December 2016 at 03:53, Dean Gibson <gnucash.stuff at mailpen.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Yep, done that MANY TIMES (and just now verified again w/ your
> > instructions).  Drag the right border (the "vertical double lines") to
> the
> > right, five INCHES past the right window border of GnuCash.  When the
> mouse
> > button is released, the only column width that changes is the
> description.
> >
> > Even if that were to work, it's a terrible UI.  And then, after all that
> > fun, you have to do it again for the next transaction window.
> >
> > On 2016-11-30 01:50, Dave H wrote:
> >
> >> I don't have an issue on Windows 7, 8 or 10 and 2.6.14 making the
> >> Balance column wider that double clicking the column header gives me,
> >> although there's a bit of a trick to it I guess.
> >>
> >> I have GnuCash setup so it's not quite full screen - about 2-3 cm's of
> >> screen either side of the GnuCash window on a 23 inch monitor. Then I
> >> very carefully move the cursor to the right hand side of the Balance
> >> column until it changes shape into the vertical double lines with the
> >> horizontal double ended arrow across them - this sometimes takes a bit
> >> of trial and error.
> >>
> >> Once it's changed shape I then left click and hold and drag to beyond
> >> the right hand edge of the GnuCash window, which is why you need a bit
> >> of screen space to the right of the GnuCash window.  Then I let go of
> >> the mouse button and double click in the Description column header to
> >> size it back down a bit which pulls back the Balance column to be
> >> completely within the gnucash window.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >>
> >> Cheers Dave H.
> >>
> >
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