Dear Mr. Taurig, No, it's a user list item because you are asking about how to use GnuCash, not how to write GnuCash code.
Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 4, 2022, at 4:10 PM, Scott Traurig <scott.trau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi John, > > Respectfully, this is beyond the user-list. That list has come up dry, and > the conventional FAQ answer is not working. > > The relevant FAQ entry: > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F> > > That FAQ entry looked promising, but it did not solve the problem. There are > no entries in the .gcm file showing zero width to edit. > > Worse, uninstalling GnuCash and deleting the entire C:\Users\my user > name\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash directory, including all .gcm files such that > they would be reconstituted from scratch, does not work either. > > Interestingly, somewhere in the system it remembers what book I had open even > through an uninstall/reinstall cycle. I suspect it has something to do with > that. > > And whatever/wherever that data is, it also transcends books. If I create an > entirely new book, it also immediately has the exact same missing column > label problem > > It's also worth noting that the columns themselves are visible with normal > appearing widths. Only the labels are missing. I've attached a screen shot. > > Is there another directory somewhere, or a set of registry entries, that also > need to be deleted? > > Thank you, > > Scott > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:11 PM john <jra...@ceridwen.us > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: >> That's a user-list question. I've changed the CC for your convenience. >> >> The file you're looking for is the book's metadata file, see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Metadata_File. It stores among other things >> window sizes and column widths for registers. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Dec 4, 2022, at 1:56 PM, Scott Traurig <scott.trau...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:scott.trau...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Dev's, >>> >>> After resizing some column headers in an account, the labels for the >>> Transfer and Reconciled ("R") columns have disappeared. The header blocks >>> for both are now combined into a single blank field. >>> >>> I tried un-installing, including manually removing the folders in %appdata% >>> and Program Files (x86), but the problem persists after re-installing >>> GnuCash. >>> >>> I grabbed another Windows 10 machine, installed on it, and opened the >>> .gnucash file that I normally use from it's normal directory on my NAS >>> without the same problem appearing--all column headers are fine. So the >>> .gnucash file is OK. >>> >>> Thus it would appear that there is a file that is not removed during a >>> Windows uninstall (or the manual files I deleted), or a registry setting >>> that persists and continues to cause this behavior on my main PC. >>> >>> If someone could identify the offending file or registry setting for me so >>> that I can kill it it would be most appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Scott >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-devel mailing list >>> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >> > <Capture.JPG> _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
