[GNC] Column widths again

Graham Balin graham.balin at gmail.com
Thu Aug 16 04:40:58 EDT 2018


No, that doesn't work. Sadly my previous 'fix' doesn't work either because
as soon as I open a new account window, the widths of all open windows are
spoilt. It seems to think my screen is an inch or so wider than it really
is, as the balance column is always off-screen.
Dragging the right divider doesn't work - as soon as I let go, it springs
back to the previous width.

What I can't understand is why this problem still happens. Someone once
must have coded the auto-size feature for the description column - given
that people have been complaining about it for at least 8 years, can it not
just be deleted so all columns behave the same way?
--

Cheerio,

Graham


On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 at 21:46, GT-I9070 H <gti9070h at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have large and small monitors and the sizing of the columns started to
> work very well for me after I got enough knowledge to deal with them.
>
> After you scale all columns to your liking, drag in the header the end
> divider of the Description column farthest to the left and then drop it and
> it will auto size as much as possible in the window without a horizontal
> scrollbar.
>
> Double-clicking on the column header resizes it to the minimum required
> and sets this width, dragging its right divider in the header defines a
> fixed width.
>
>
> Regards
> GTI
>
> Em seg, 13 de ago de 2018 às 14:34, Graham Balin <graham.balin at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Recent convert from Quicken and pleased overall...BUT...
>> version 2.6.12 on a windows machine and 24" monitor-fine; on a HP
>> laptop...almost unusable due to description column auto-widening to screen
>> width.
>> I have tried trawling through the many posts, dating back 8 years!, and
>> cannot believe that it still happens! Why on earth is there such a feature
>> that is the antithesis of user-friendliness?
>> Is there some programming reason it needs to be there?
>> I have tried all workarounds except going into programming in which I am
>> sadly ignorant.
>> Once I have made the error of re-sizing one of the columns -bang, I have
>> to
>> keep horizontal scrolling to see what is going on. Does 3.2 offer any
>> improvement on this?
>>
>> Has anyone got any suggestions?
>> --
>>
>> Cheerio,
>>
>> Graham
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