[GNC] column widths - balance

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Thu May 2 22:38:02 EDT 2019


The real problem comes if you use the program on two different monitors
with different resolutions and/or different default text sizes.  In one
case you will want extra space to the left so that it is still ok on the
other monitor.  Double clicking doesn't leave extra space on the left.

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 9:21 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> When did that change?  in release 2.6.19 you can still adjust the balance
> by moving the right edge of the title.
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:58 PM David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Note that Section 2.3.3 of the Guide includes the following:
>>
>> Note
>>
>> In the register windows, you can resize the various columns that
>> *GnuCash* displays, *but keep in mind that the Description and Balance
>> columns behave differently from other columns*.
>>
>> The *Description* column is designed to expand automatically to fill all
>> unused horizontal screen space. Therefore you should set the widths of all
>> your other columns before setting the Description column width.
>>
>> The *Balance* column must be resized by double-clicking on the column
>> heading.
>>
>> David T.
>>
>> On May 3, 2019, at 2:07 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Every column except the description can be adjusted by grabbing and
>> dragging the right edge with the mouse.  The balance column is a little
>> harder to do that way, but the double click method usually makes an
>> acceptable width.
>> For the Description drag the right edge left until the horizontal
>> scrollbar
>> disappears.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 2:09 PM Jeff Albrecht <jeffa at rodaw.com> wrote:
>>
>> Try double clicking on column headers.
>>
>>  - Jeff
>>
>> On 5/2/2019 12:00 PM, Elmar wrote:
>>
>> For some reason I can't seem to expand the column width for the
>> account balance (e.g. a bank cash money market account, last column in
>> the register) - it will only display 5 places in front of the decimal
>> point.  Is this a bug?
>>
>> GC Version: 3.5 Build ID: git 3.5+(2019-03-30) on Linux Mint 19.1 Mate
>> desktop.
>>
>> - Elmar
>>
>>
>>
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