[GNC] resizing columns

[David H]

Arthur,

Forget about using the right border of the description column - that
particular column is special and auto resizes to fill the available screen
space.

What I usually do is working from right hand column to left hand
column i.e. Balance column to Date column, double click in the headers of
each column EXCEPT the Description column - ignore that particular column
for the moment.  If this ends up pushing the Balance column too far right,
also ignore it for now.

When you have all other columns sized as you'd like them then double click
the Description header, if this auto resizes the Description column as you
expect all good although I find sometimes this doesn't work.  If the
Description column is still to wide then you can move the cursor over the
right border of the Description column and drag it left a few centimetres -
this usually results in it flicking back and auto sizing correctly.

Wiki/FAQ details are here -
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F
is you want to read more about it.

Cheers David H.

On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 at 15:06, arthur brogard <abrogard at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just can't get the hang of resizing the ledger columns.  I want the
> transfer column bigger and i can't do it.   I simply cannot move the
> boundary between it and description nor do it any other way.
> I tried to follow advice from ai and from the manual.  I'm still not
> getting it.any help?
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