[GNC] Column widths-- Help!

Glenn Fowler gfowler1 at outlook.com
Tue Oct 5 10:22:16 EDT 2021


Another option is to adjust directly in the settings:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\books\

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 11:43 PM Chris Grinton <cgrinton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been able to get the transfer column back from having it very narrow
> like you're seeing by hovering the mouse over the border in the column
> headings and double-clicking to auto-size the transfer column - see the
> attached screenshot. Whether or not this works appears to depend on very
> precise mouse movements - a movement of the mouse cursor one pixel to the
> left or right can mean all the difference in whether the double-click
> works.
>
> (BTW - Double-clicking on a column heading is a great way to auto-size the
> column based on its contents - I just learnt that trick recently after many
> years of using GnuCash!)
>
> Chris
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 14:29, Steve Miller <stephen.r.miller at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > [image: PXL_20211002_170211297.jpg]
> > Long time user of GnuCash on Windows laptop, using latest version.
> >
> > I was trying to widen the transfer column.  In fooling around with it,
> > however, I seem to have gone down a rabbit hole.
> >
> > Now, my description column is extremely wide, my transfer column has
> > basically disappeared (yes, I know it's there, but the vertical edges are
> > next to the adjoining column and indistinguishable. See the screenshot.
> >
> > I understand I can't "move" the description column. But whenever I tried
> to
> > move the other columns to the left, it just reduces the width (and like
> the
> > transfer column, seemingly disappears).  How do i shrink the description
> > column, double clicking on it does not reset.
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