If desired, you can edit the widths by text so all the accounts match. I like this as after a while you develop a muscle memory of the columns and you navigate faster when the columns are the same.
Help -> About -> GNC_USERDATA_DIR Open the books folder and edit the file On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 6:05 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Robert, > > Once you get used to it, this method is about as hser friendly as possible > given the overall register design. > > I have found that for the size and resolution of the monitors that I > currently own, I first need to adjust the display setting to default to a > smaller font size to get more text into the register width, then I might > double click in the headers of some columns to show the widest entry > completely. Then I drag the right edge of the description column to the > left to remove the scrollbar at the bottom. I need to repeat for each > account that I use regularly, then close the Gnucash program with those > registers still open to save those settings in the .gcm file for that data > file, as mentioned by others. > > One mor litle gem, if a window opens too big to see a button at the bottom, > for example, hold down the Alt key and grab anywhere in the window with the > mouse and you can drag it around as needed. > > > > > On Thu, Dec 7, 2023, 4:18 PM Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote: > > > At Thu, 7 Dec 2023 15:09:13 -0600 adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net wrote: > > > > > > > > On 12/7/23 2:07 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > At Thu, 7 Dec 2023 13:46:19 -0600 adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> The Description column always fills the remaining width of the > window. > > > >> > > > >> You adjust the other columns to your liking, then reduce the window > > > >> width to shrink the Description column. Otherwise, you can after > > setting > > > >> the other columns, drag the right handle of the Description column > to > > > >> the left and let it bounce back to fill the remaining space. > > > > > > > > So how do a make the columns to the right of the Description column > > wider? Do > > > > I drag them off the window? This actually makes no sense. > > > > > > Yes, that's how you do it, sort of. And if you try, it does make sense > > > as you see it happen. > > > > > > For example, to widen the Account column, drag its right border to the > > > right. (up in the header) The column will widen accordingly, and you > > > will get a left-right scroll bar at the bottom of the window. Resize > all > > > columns *other than* the description to your liking, *first*. > > > > > > Then, to remove the scroll bar and size the Description to take up the > > > remaining space of the window, (Window Width - Sum of all *other* > Column > > > Widths) drag its right-border to the left and let it snap back into > > > place. (hence it auto-sizes) > > > > > > > OK, I am totally confused. How do I make a column to the right of the > > > > Description wider *without* draging the right handle of the > > Description column > > > > to the left? > > > > > > See above. > > > > > > I don't want to *shrink* the columns to the right of the > > > > Description, I want to make one of them wider. How does one do that > > without > > > > shrinking the Description column? Where does the space come from? How > > does one > > > > add space? > > > > > > You are 'adding width' as you resize the other columns which triggers a > > > scroll bar. You then snap the Description column back and the scroll > bar > > > goes away. > > > > > > What is happening is that there is some total window width W, which > > > > is the sum of widths of all of the columns (plus the margin space). > If > > one > > > > wants to make some column Cx wider, some other collumn Cy needs to > > shrink, but > > > > this is impossible if the only column that is "shrinkable" (Cy) is > the > > > > Description column. I can make columns to the *left* of the > > Description wider > > > > or narrower, but not the columns to the right of the Description. Any > > attempt > > > > to make any of them wider ends up making them all narrower until > > eventually > > > > one (or more) of them end up with a width of 0. As far as I am > > concerned, this > > > > is a bug (and a serious one at that). This makes no sense. > > > > > > Yes it does - try it and stop thinking about it. > > > > > > > > > > > I have the source code and will go hunting... > > > > > > No need for that rabbit hole. Just follow the above. Note, this > behavior > > > is described in the Help manual and as Stan noted, there is also an FAQ > > > entry about it. If you really want to see the code, go right ahead, but > > > you're just going to discover what I've described above and is already > > > documented behavior. > > > > All I can say is *no other application* with a resizable column UI that I > > have > > ever used works that way. AFAIK, this is unique to Gnucash... It was > > totally > > unexpected and *unfriendly* behaviour [to me]. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Adrien > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > > hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. 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