[GNC] Column widths again

[Graham Balin]

So , forgive me if this is a basic stupid newbie question, but where do I
find the screen driver? Do I look in HP or Ubuntu libraries?
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Cheerio,

Graham


On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 at 00:36, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think that some installations of Debian and Ubuntu (and probably most
> other flavors of Linux) default to 600x800 pixels if there is not a good
> screen driver installed.  The Dell Inspiron may need a non-free driver.
> That could cause what Graham is seeing.  I thought that GnuCash could deal
> with that, but it would not look nice.  I am not sure in that case if it
> would help to temporarily switch to two line view and drag the right edge
> of the Description title leftward to see the Balance.
>
> David C
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 4:00 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 19:11, Graham Balin <graham.balin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Sorry guys if there is any misunderstanding here. There is no account
>> field
>> > or rate field . in the basic ledger view i have
>> > date-num-description-transfer-R-receive-spend-balance.
>> > Double clicking the Balance header moves it right out of view!
>> Description
>> > takes up almost the whole screen.
>> > This is in basic ledger view for asset accounts but the same thing
>> happens
>> > with expense and stock accounts as well. Balance is always off screen.
>> >
>>
>> I wonder if there is an issue with how big gnucash thinks the window is.
>> I
>> don't think you replied to my question asking which version of Ubuntu you
>> are using and also why you can't unmaximise the window.  You should be
>> able
>> to make the window any size you like but you said you could not do that.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Cheerio
>> >
>> > Graham
>> >
>> > On Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 10:53 pm GT-I9070 H, <gti9070h at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Em qui, 16 de ago de 2018 às 13:34, David T. via gnucash-user <
>> > > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> escreveu:
>> > >
>> > > > 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.
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > I resize the Balance column with ease by dragging in the header its
>> right
>> > > divider to the right/left, I can even add/remove the "RATE" field in
>> the
>> > > records sheets so.
>> > >
>> > > Regads
>> > > GTI
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