CAn I suggest that columns are given a notional minimum width, to stop the problem of the left and right dividers overlapping. say 5 or 10px or something, it you are thiking of diddling around with that area of code?
"vanishing" columns seems to be another similar FAQ over the years. Maf. On Friday, 6 January 2023 19:30:05 GMT john wrote: > With the exception of the Description field automatically resizing itself to > fit the register in the window width, I think GnuCash does size columns the > same way spreadsheets do: You put the pointer on the right-hand divider in > the header and drag it, and double-click in the header to fit the width to > the widest entry in that column. What do you think spreadsheets do > differently? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Jan 6, 2023, at 5:37 AM, Thomas Forrester <tlforres...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > I realize I'm answering a slightly different question, but I've never > > understood why the GnuCash developers have never made column sizing (and > > apparently hiding, too) work just like spreadsheets. We already invented > > that wheel, and people are *really* accustomed to how it works, hence the > > grumbling when it's discovered by new GnuCash users that it doesn't work > > that way here. I think the vast majority would agree that the way > > spreadsheet columns work is a very mature, and well understood > > "technology" (for lack of a better word) that has become ubiquitous and > > intuitive. Note also that I said "spreadsheets" rather than, say, > > "Excel" because the way spreadsheet columns work isn't specific to any > > one spreadsheet program, and once again speaks to how universal handling > > spreadsheet columns has become. > > > > My guess is that what you're asking is likely just fine, but isn't it just > > another band-aid that really would be better ripped off in favor of > > spreadsheet-like resizing logic? > > > > Tom > > Thomas L. Forrester > > Middleton, WI USA > > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 9:42 PM john <jra...@ceridwen.us <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: > >> Users, > >> > >> There have been occasional complaints for many years about column width > >> sizing. See for e.g. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563588. > >> Most users seem to eventually get used to it, but I wonder if anybody > >> really likes it. > >> > >> The problem boils down to the auto-sizing behavior of the Description > >> column, which causes that column to grow or shrink when you adjust the > >> window's width, and to make a horizontal scrollbar appear when you widen > >> another column. Occasionally someone will complain about the normally > >> hidden price column because it's possible to catch its handle and widen > >> it when you mean to widen the balance column. > >> > >> It would be really easy to turn off autosizing on the Description field > >> and only a little work to figure out another way to handle the price and > >> ditch that column. Would anyone miss it? > >> > >> Regards, > >> John Ralls > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
