[GNC] Resizing columns

[David Carlson]

As Adrien just hinted and several others have already suggested,  do not
try to set the width of the description column until you have the overall
program window set to your liking, the register display style set to your
liking and all the other columns set to your liking.  There is only one
column setting per ordinary account register.

Starting in release 5.something GnuCash also keeps unique settings for
"with child" register types.

David Carlson

On Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 4:46 PM Ed Greenberg <edg at greenberg.org> wrote:

> Windows and Linux... This advice works for me, as it is started, fix
> everything else, then the right handle of the description.
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 16:42 Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> wrote:
>
> > It should work regardless of if the window is maximized. The size of
> > your screen in inches or millimeters doesn't matter, though pixel size
> > does. I don't recall the minimum target but I vaguely recall some of the
> > devs discussing upping it from 800x600 many many years ago. I'll hazard
> > the minimum is currently 1024 wide, but that is a hazard of guess.
> >
> > Always remember to drag the *right* handles of the column you want to
> > resize. The 'left' handle is really the 'right' handle of the column to
> > the left!
> >
> > Do not resize the Description column until you have all of the others
> > sized the way you want. Be sure to drag the right handle of that column
> > 'far' to the left. If it doesn't snap back enough to remove the scroll
> > bar, drag it further.
> >
> > Otherwise, report your screen dimensions and if you can, get a 'screen
> > ruler' or otherwise estimate the pixel width of your desired window.
> > Maybe there is indeed a bug at a certain width.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 11/5/25 11:03 AM, Paul Kinzelman wrote:
> > > Sigh. Yes, your advise works (now that I know it) as long as the
> > > window is maximized on my laptop. It doesn't really work if the
> > > GC window is less than maximum but as you said, there's more
> > > benefit from GC than going elsewhere. I came to GC after 20
> > > years of Quicken when they started a subscription.
> >
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