[GNC] UI Problem with 4.14

[David Carlson]

Robert,

Once you get used to it, this method is about as hser friendly as possible
given the overall register design.

I have found that for the size and resolution of the monitors that I
currently own, I first need to adjust the display setting to default to a
smaller font size to get more text into the register width, then I might
double click in the headers of some columns to show the widest entry
completely.  Then I drag the right edge of the description column to the
left to remove the scrollbar at the bottom.  I need to repeat for each
account that I use regularly, then close the Gnucash program with those
registers still open to save those settings in the .gcm file for that data
file, as mentioned by others.

One mor litle gem, if a window opens too big to see a button at the bottom,
for example, hold down the Alt key and grab anywhere in the window with the
mouse and you can drag it around as needed.




On Thu, Dec 7, 2023, 4:18 PM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Thu, 7 Dec 2023 15:09:13 -0600 adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net wrote:
>
> >
> > On 12/7/23 2:07 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > At Thu, 7 Dec 2023 13:46:19 -0600 adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net
> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> The Description column always fills the remaining width of the window.
> > >>
> > >> You adjust the other columns to your liking, then reduce the window
> > >> width to shrink the Description column. Otherwise, you can after
> setting
> > >> the other columns, drag the right handle of the Description column to
> > >> the left and let it bounce back to fill the remaining space.
> > >
> > > So how do a make the columns to the right of the Description column
> wider?  Do
> > > I drag them off the window?  This actually makes no sense.
> >
> > Yes, that's how you do it, sort of. And if you try, it does make sense
> > as you see it happen.
> >
> > For example, to widen the Account column, drag its right border to the
> > right. (up in the header) The column will widen accordingly, and you
> > will get a left-right scroll bar at the bottom of the window. Resize all
> > columns *other than* the description to your liking, *first*.
> >
> > Then, to remove the scroll bar and size the Description to take up the
> > remaining space of the window, (Window Width - Sum of all *other* Column
> > Widths) drag its right-border to the left and let it snap back into
> > place. (hence it auto-sizes)
> >
> > > OK, I am totally confused. How do I make a column to the right of the
> > > Description wider *without* draging the right handle of the
> Description column
> > > to the left?
> >
> > See above.
> >
> > I don't want to *shrink* the columns to the right of the
> > > Description, I want to make one of them wider. How does one do that
> without
> > > shrinking the Description column? Where does the space come from? How
> does one
> > > add space?
> >
> > You are 'adding width' as you resize the other columns which triggers a
> > scroll bar. You then snap the Description column back and the scroll bar
> > goes away.
> >
> > What is happening is that there is some total window width W, which
> > > is the sum of widths of all of the columns (plus the margin space). If
> one
> > > wants to make some column Cx wider, some other collumn Cy needs to
> shrink, but
> > > this is impossible if the only column that is "shrinkable" (Cy) is the
> > > Description column. I can make columns to the *left* of the
> Description wider
> > > or narrower, but not the columns to the right of the Description. Any
> attempt
> > > to make any of them wider ends up making them all narrower until
> eventually
> > > one (or more) of them end up with a width of 0. As far as I am
> concerned, this
> > > is a bug (and a serious one at that). This makes no sense.
> >
> > Yes it does - try it and stop thinking about it.
> >
> > >
> > > I have the source code and will go hunting...
> >
> > No need for that rabbit hole. Just follow the above. Note, this behavior
> > is described in the Help manual and as Stan noted, there is also an FAQ
> > entry about it. If you really want to see the code, go right ahead, but
> > you're just going to discover what I've described above and is already
> > documented behavior.
>
> All I can say is *no other application* with a resizable column UI that I
> have
> ever used works that way.  AFAIK, this is unique to Gnucash...  It was
> totally
> unexpected and *unfriendly* behaviour [to me].
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
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