[GNC] Column widths again

[David Carlson]

Graham,

Try temporarily to grab the right edge of the Account field and drag it
left until it is very narrow.   That should make it easier  to see the
Balance.

After double clicking or dragging the right edge to fix Balance double
click Account  and lastly drag the right edge of Description way to the
left, drop it and watch it snap back to hide the horizontal scrollbar that
no doubt was present while you were making the adjustments.

David C


On Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 11:10 AM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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