Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
It's pretty easy to figure out which register is which... just make the date column extra wide in the GUI and it will correspond with "date_width=###" (or do it the other way around). I also like to have the same column widths throughout for uniformity as well as muscle memory on locations on the screen. Just go through and match the widths in the file. You only have to do this once you are all set. On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 1:13 AM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > It is shrinkable, but not by itself. > > It fills the remaining space not taken up by the other columns. So if > you want to shrink it, make other columns wider. > > Alternatively, make the window narrower, and then drag the right-handle > of the Description column to the left and let it go. It will snap back > to fill the remaining space. > > The register columns will always fill the width of the window. There > won't be any unused extra space after re-sizing them. > > - > The gcm file references the GUIDs of the accounts. Yes, you can find > these in the data file mapped to account names. (XML is not required) > But this isn't always necessary depending on what it is you want to > accomplish. > > I'd hazard a guess that if you wanted all of your registers to have the > same widths for all or any columns, you could craft a Find/Replace > operation using a good text editor on the gcm file, or script the > change(s) to it. > > Note, the file is normally compressed XML. (but still XML) You only need > to uncompress it (either from within GnuCash or using some other > utility) to read it using a plain text editor. > > -- > Yes, a preference or menu action to reset one or all registers to > defaults (or user set widths) would be nice. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 1/9/24 2:30 PM, Stephen wrote: > > In my limited experience it seems that the column widths are different > > for each account in the .gcm file. There does not seem to be a "uniform" > > account setting. Furthermore, the account names are not listed in the > > .gcm file but can be found by saving the .gnucash file in XML format and > > opening in a text editor (Notepad) and saving away from your data. BTW, > > my .gnucash file needed to be saved as non-compressed (General tab in > > Preferences) to then be savable as an XML. > > > > A good description of this process can be found in the Archives [GNC] > > GUID Register Codes at 12/29/2023 11:38 PM, by David Cousens. > > > > It would be nice if GnuCash would allow for a uniform account column > > width setting but IRL "things" aren't uniform. > > ___ > 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.
Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
It is shrinkable, but not by itself. It fills the remaining space not taken up by the other columns. So if you want to shrink it, make other columns wider. Alternatively, make the window narrower, and then drag the right-handle of the Description column to the left and let it go. It will snap back to fill the remaining space. The register columns will always fill the width of the window. There won't be any unused extra space after re-sizing them. - The gcm file references the GUIDs of the accounts. Yes, you can find these in the data file mapped to account names. (XML is not required) But this isn't always necessary depending on what it is you want to accomplish. I'd hazard a guess that if you wanted all of your registers to have the same widths for all or any columns, you could craft a Find/Replace operation using a good text editor on the gcm file, or script the change(s) to it. Note, the file is normally compressed XML. (but still XML) You only need to uncompress it (either from within GnuCash or using some other utility) to read it using a plain text editor. -- Yes, a preference or menu action to reset one or all registers to defaults (or user set widths) would be nice. Regards, Adrien On 1/9/24 2:30 PM, Stephen wrote: In my limited experience it seems that the column widths are different for each account in the .gcm file. There does not seem to be a "uniform" account setting. Furthermore, the account names are not listed in the .gcm file but can be found by saving the .gnucash file in XML format and opening in a text editor (Notepad) and saving away from your data. BTW, my .gnucash file needed to be saved as non-compressed (General tab in Preferences) to then be savable as an XML. A good description of this process can be found in the Archives [GNC] GUID Register Codes at 12/29/2023 11:38 PM, by David Cousens. It would be nice if GnuCash would allow for a uniform account column width setting but IRL "things" aren't uniform. ___ 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.
[GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
In my limited experience it seems that the column widths are different for each account in the .gcm file. There does not seem to be a "uniform" account setting. Furthermore, the account names are not listed in the .gcm file but can be found by saving the .gnucash file in XML format and opening in a text editor (Notepad) and saving away from your data. BTW, my .gnucash file needed to be saved as non-compressed (General tab in Preferences) to then be savable as an XML. A good description of this process can be found in the Archives [GNC] GUID Register Codes at 12/29/2023 11:38 PM, by David Cousens. It would be nice if GnuCash would allow for a uniform account column width setting but IRL "things" aren't uniform. ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
Yes, the Description/Memo columns spring back. Always grab the right handle and drag left and they will snap to fill the remaining space. You *can* specify the widths numerically, but you have to edit your .gcm file by hand to do so. See the wiki for the file location on your OS: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations Double-clicking will auto-size to fit. And yes, the tab bar is shrinkable using a CSS file. (basic info also in the wiki) Regards, Adrien On 12/17/23 4:07 PM, Elmar wrote: Tried that - and godlings, the tab bar is huge and not shrinkable at all. I'll try the font thing, because at the moment, it tries to crunch the last column often cutting off the "cents" of the totals, and there is no obvious way to specify the default widths of any column numerically or by double clicking on the column header to make it auto-magically adjust to fit all its entries. I gather that the description column has a "spring" width, then, i.e. it takes whatever it can get? ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
Try doing Going from right to left Double click the column headers / titles area eg, Balance, then Credit, then Debit, then Transfer, then Description ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
Tried that - and godlings, the tab bar is huge and not shrinkable at all. I'll try the font thing, because at the moment, it tries to crunch the last column often cutting off the "cents" of the totals, and there is no obvious way to specify the default widths of any column numerically or by double clicking on the column header to make it auto-magically adjust to fit all its entries. I gather that the description column has a "spring" width, then, i.e. it takes whatever it can get? - Elmar On 12/17/23 16:22, David Carlson wrote: I suppose you could also change the GnuCash layout to put the tab bar on the side instead of on top. On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 3:13 PM David Carlson wrote: The description column has a minimum width of whatever it takes to fill the entire width of the GnuCash window after all the other fields are in place. If you want to reduce it to less than that, you need to reduce the width of the entire GnuCash window or increase the default font size on your display. On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 11:15 AM Elmar wrote: I think this has been addressed somewhere before, but for some reason, I cannot shrink the size of the description column. May I have a clue given? thanks. - elmar ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
I suppose you could also change the GnuCash layout to put the tab bar on the side instead of on top. On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 3:13 PM David Carlson wrote: > The description column has a minimum width of whatever it takes to fill > the entire width of the GnuCash window after all the other fields are in > place. If you want to reduce it to less than that, you need to reduce the > width of the entire GnuCash window or increase the default font size on > your display. > > > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 11:15 AM Elmar wrote: > >> I think this has been addressed somewhere before, but for some reason, I >> cannot shrink the size of the description column. May I have a clue >> given? thanks. - elmar >> ___ >> 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.
Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
The description column has a minimum width of whatever it takes to fill the entire width of the GnuCash window after all the other fields are in place. If you want to reduce it to less than that, you need to reduce the width of the entire GnuCash window or increase the default font size on your display. On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 11:15 AM Elmar wrote: > I think this has been addressed somewhere before, but for some reason, I > cannot shrink the size of the description column. May I have a clue > given? thanks. - elmar > ___ > 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.
[GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?
I think this has been addressed somewhere before, but for some reason, I cannot shrink the size of the description column. May I have a clue given? thanks. - elmar ___ 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.
