[GNC] version 5.10 - how to adjust fonts/ font size?

[Phyllis Bruce]

David H and Sunfish62, you are my new best friends!  That problem must have
been dealt with in a previous update!  The good ole double click, just like
Excel!

Thank you!  po

On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM sunfish62 at yahoo.com <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> For the record, you can also double click the Description column and get
> it to adjust.
>
> Simplifies the process.
>
> As for the "repeat for every register" comment, it is possible to edit the
> settings file (*.gcm somewhere, I believe) that controls column widths for
> all accounts and find/replace all to use a specific setting. It's not
> ideal, but it does get some measure of sanity to register displays. (Usual
> warnings about editing settings files outside the app apply, although a
> borked gcm can simply be deleted and GnuCash will regenerate it.)
>
> There may also be a setting for the default register geometry, but that's
> above my pay grade.
>
> David T.
> On Feb 15, 2025, at 6:08 AM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not too difficult having just set my default font to "font: 20px arial;" to
>> cater for my aging eyes :-)  Start with the right hand column header
>> (Balance in my case) and double click it to automatically set the column
>> width. Don't worry if it goes off the edge of the screen for now.  Do the
>> same for all of the column headers working from right to left i.e. from
>> Balance to Date columns in turn but skipping over the Description column.
>> The Description column is a special case and always expands to use the
>> remaining space.  Sometimes this process results in one or more of the
>> columns on the right being pushed off the  screen so what I do to reset the
>> width of the Description column is to left mouse "click and hold" the
>> column divider on the right side of the Description column and flick it 2-3
>> cms to the left and let go of the mouse button although I assume just
>> dragging left and releasing the mouse button would probably also do the
>> trick.  This usually reduces the width of the Description column to fit and
>> brings any columns that have been pushed too far to the right back into
>> view.  Unfortunately you may have to do this for each register but it is
>> what it is :-)
>>
>> Hope this helps, Cheers David H.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 at 08:24, Phyllis Bruce <pobruce46 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Now, if someone could work out how to reduce the width of the description
>>>  field so these larger fonts would fit in their columns on the screen - and
>>>  stay that way!.
>>>
>>>  po
>>>
>>>  On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM Gilberto Reis Filho <
>>>  gilberto.reis.filho at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Create/edit a text file in your AppData/Roaming folder (if you are on
>>>>  Windows) named gtk-3.0.css
>>>>
>>>>  Put this code in this file and save it:
>>>>
>>>>  *{
>>>>    font: 10pt Calibri, sans-serif;
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>>  Change font and size as needed to meet what you need.
>>>>
>>>>  Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  -----------------
>>>>
>>>>  Hi Gerry/GNUCash users,
>>>>
>>>>  Some basics:
>>>>
>>>>  What operating system are you using?
>>>>
>>>>  What version of GNUCash are you
>>>>  using?https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml - 5.10 is the current
>>>>  release
>>>>  https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3#Typefaces - this is not a great
>>>>  description of how to setting a default font and size for GnuCash, but
>>>>  it is what is on the GNUCash Wiki...
>>>>
>>>>  ---
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>  Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/
>>>>  &https://nextdoor.com/profile/01mP46jj8KCzj3sP4
>>>>  &https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison
>>>>
>>>>  On 2025-02-13 17:01, Gerry Starnes via gnucash-user wrote:
>>>>
>>>> * The fonts or font size is so small that they are difficult to read. I
>>>>>
>>>>  can't find any way to adjust them or the kerning so I don't need readers
>>>>  and an occasional magnifying glass.
>>>>  *> >* Any suggestions as to where I should make font or font size
>>>>  adjustments?
>>>>  *> >* Gerry Starnes
>>>>  *>* gstarnes at me.com <
>>>>  https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>
>>>>  *> >*
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