Changing the right-most column width

[Derek Atkins]

Oh, I missed that.  That sounds like a bug.

When you let go of the mouse, it's the BALANCE column that should get
resized, and the horizontal scrollbar should appear.  Then you can reduce
the description column.

I wonder if we should just turn off the desc-column auto-fill?

-derek

On Wed, November 30, 2016 5:02 pm, Dave H wrote:
> 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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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
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       Computer and Internet Security Consultant