[GNC] Register column sizing

[Maf. King]

CAn I suggest that columns are given a notional minimum width, to stop the 
problem of the left and right dividers overlapping.  say 5 or 10px or 
something, it you are thiking of diddling around with that area of code?

"vanishing" columns seems to be another similar FAQ over the years.

Maf.


On Friday, 6 January 2023 19:30:05 GMT john wrote:
> With the exception of the Description field automatically resizing itself to
> fit the register in the window width, I think GnuCash does size columns the
> same way spreadsheets do: You put the pointer on the right-hand divider in
> the header and drag it, and double-click in the header to fit the width to
> the widest entry in that column. What do you think spreadsheets do
> differently?
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> > On Jan 6, 2023, at 5:37 AM, Thomas Forrester <tlforrester at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > I realize I'm answering a slightly different question, but I've never
> > understood why the GnuCash developers have never made column sizing (and
> > apparently hiding, too) work just like spreadsheets.  We already invented
> > that wheel, and people are *really* accustomed to how it works, hence the
> > grumbling when it's discovered by new GnuCash users that it doesn't work
> > that way here.  I think the vast majority would agree that the way
> > spreadsheet columns work is a very mature, and well understood
> > "technology" (for lack of a better word) that has become ubiquitous and
> > intuitive.  Note also that I said "spreadsheets" rather than, say,
> > "Excel" because the way spreadsheet columns work isn't specific to any
> > one spreadsheet program, and once again speaks to how universal handling
> > spreadsheet columns has become.
> > 
> > My guess is that what you're asking is likely just fine, but isn't it just
> > another band-aid that really would be better ripped off in favor of
> > spreadsheet-like resizing logic?
> > 
> > Tom
> > Thomas L. Forrester
> > Middleton, WI USA
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 9:42 PM john <jralls at ceridwen.us 
<mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
> >> Users,
> >> 
> >> There have been occasional complaints for many years about column width
> >> sizing. See for e.g. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563588.
> >> Most users seem to eventually get used to it, but I wonder if anybody
> >> really likes it.
> >> 
> >> The problem boils down to the auto-sizing behavior of the Description
> >> column, which causes that column to grow or shrink when you adjust the
> >> window's width, and to make a horizontal scrollbar appear when you widen
> >> another column. Occasionally someone will complain about the normally
> >> hidden price column because it's possible to catch its handle and widen
> >> it when you mean to widen the balance column.
> >> 
> >> It would be really easy to turn off autosizing on the Description field
> >> and only a little work to figure out another way to handle the price and
> >> ditch that column. Would anyone miss it?
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> John Ralls
> >> 
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