Changing the right-most column width

[Dave H]

As does double clicking the Description column header, but it still doesn't
give you a wider Balance column which was the original question ???

Cheers Dave H.

On 1 December 2016 at 07:52, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Ah, but that's the key.  Once the horizontal scroll bar appears you can
> finally REDUCE the size of the description column by dragging it's right
> size to the left!
>
> -derek
>
> On Wed, November 30, 2016 4:39 pm, Dave H 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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