[GNC] Column widths again

[Colin Law]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 at 16:38, Graham Balin <graham.balin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes. 2.6.12 on Ubuntu with HP Laptop. No matter what I do, only the
> letters 'Ba' show in the Balance column on the far right of the screen.
> Clicking tile window allows me to resize the height of the window but not
> the width.
>

I don't understand what you mean by that.  You should be able to re-size
the gnucash window to any size you like.  Which Ubuntu version are you
using?

Colin


> Very frustrating. No problem when I am on my big monitor running 3.1 but
> then i don't need to resize as the screen is wide enough. However i have
> tried to resize and the same 'snapping  back' occurs.
> Thanks for the suggestions anyway
>
> Cheerio
>
> Graham
>
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 1:30 pm Colin Law, <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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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