[GNC] Column widths again

Thu Aug 16 13:33:07 EDT 2018

Graham,

If your problem is specifically that the Balance column is too narrow, then you’ve encountered a Known Idiosyncrasy: the Balance column is a challenge to resize. In fact, the only way I know to get it to resize is to double-click the column heading. This is documented in a note in the Guide at 2.3.3.

David T.

> On Aug 16, 2018, at 10:00 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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