Somehow I missed this thread when it was fresh. A foolproof way to solve this issue is to find your .local/share/gnucash/books/[datafile].gcm configuration file, make a backup, then open it with a text editor and search for the string "width=" . For any account register that has a named width suspiciously low, either delete the entire register definition or increase the width value to a minimum of 10 (pixels). The next time that you open that data file you will either find that you need to open a new register window for that account or the previously obscured columns will now be too wide and there will probably be a huge horizontal scrollbar, which will be relatively easy to recover from.
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM David H <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Keep the conversation on the list as others that know more than I can also > jump in and assist then. > > OK I understand now, you've managed to collapse the other columns into 1 > minimal width column. No need to re-install. You can try left clicking on > the thick black line and carefully teasing it out to the right to uncover > the other columns one at a time. If your mouse skills aren't up to it you > can either rename your <datafile name>.gnucash.gcm file to something else > and then start Gnucash - it should recreate the gnucash.gcm file with the > usual defaults when you restart gnucash - probably easiest. Or you can > edit the .gcm file with a text editor and look for Register entries where > the column widths are zero and set them to greater than zero i.e. 20 or > 30. They look like the following :- > > [Register 7175cf7f4c095fe37cd54271eb7bef36] > date_width=98 > num_width=64 > reconcile_width=25 > balance_width=80 > transfer_width=693 > debit_width=80 > credit_width=94 > > If you need to know where your gnucash.gcm file is located, click on help > about and then click on the GNC_USERDATA_DIR: link in the popup and then > open the books folder and it should be in there - at least it is for on > Ubuntu using flatpak :-) > > Anyway hope this helps, cheers David H. > > > On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 at 18:20, Joseph Hesse <[email protected]> wrote: > > > David, > > Thank you for your reply. > > This does not seem to work. I see the Date, Num, Description columns, > > then a thick black line, then Balance - that's it, no more columns. > > If I double click on Balance, nothing happens and nothing seem movable. > > Do you think reinstalling gnu cash might help? > > Thank you, > > Joe Hesse > > > > > > On 4/30/25 00:53, David H wrote: > > > > Sorry Joe not Jesse - we get there eventually :-) > > > > On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 at 15:51, David H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Jesse, > >> > >> Double click the column header to automatically resize columns. Be aware > >> though that the Description column is a special beast and automatically > >> expands to fill all of the remaining space and sometimes a bit more. I > >> usually work from right to left, double clicking each column header in > >> turn, if the right hand columns get pushed off the screen ignore that > for > >> the moment. Skip the Description column and do the Num and Date > columns. > >> Then do the Description column last - if it works all good but I > sometimes > >> find it takes up too much room and pushes the right hand columns off the > >> screen. If that happens, click and hold the Right side border of the > >> description column, drag it left a few cm's or a couple of inches and > let > >> go and it should resize as expected. > >> > >> Cheers David H. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 at 15:04, Joseph Hesse <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> I am using Fedora 42 and the latest gnucash. When I view transactions, > >>> the right hand part of the page if squished, some of the columns are so > >>> narrow I can't read them. How can I fix this? > >>> Thank you, > >>> Joe > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> 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 > [email protected] > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
