[GNC] Column widths again

[Colin Law]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 at 09:44, Graham Balin <graham.balin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

For most people, once they understand how to sort it there is no problem.
Something about your situation must be unusual.
Do you see the same issue if the window is not maximised?
Have you told us which version of GC you are using and on what OS?

Colin


> 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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