[GNC] Resizing columns

[David Carlson]

I forgot to mention that the column width settings are only committed to
memory when the GnuCash data file is saved and closed while the register is
open.  If the program crashes, unsaved settings are lost.



David Carlson

On Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 5:25 PM Paul Kinzelman <paul at kinzelman.com> wrote:

> On 11/5/2025 4:18 PM, Liz wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 10:03:26 -0700
> > Paul Kinzelman <paul at kinzelman.com> 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.
> >> Thank you!
> > You sound very frustrated Paul, so congratulations at sticking at it.
> It actually had been bothering me for a couple of years, but finally
> reached the threshold to ask somebody about it.
> > My advice would have been to leave it until after a good sleep!
> ...and hope the gremlins fix it in my sleep?
> I think mine are on strike. Nothing get fixed overnight. :-)
> >
> > First fix the Gnucash window at its working size, then do a column
> > adjust.
> > I have up to 4 Gnucash windows in use on my laptop screen, which is
> > medium sized.
> >
> > I have made a screenshot which shows no useful information of a small
> > Gnucash screen, the size I find workable, with all the columns visible.
> Thank you - usually mine look like that but occasionally they get whacko
> and I didn't know how to fix it but I do now. The secret is to double-click
> the header.
> >
> > Liz
>
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