Thank you, Stan.
That's the missing bit. I just fooled around a little bit and that worked.I
expanded 'number' and it pushed the size way beyond the screen. Double clicked
'description and it all came good'I shrank 'number' and it shrank and
Description expanded without needing any double clicks.I cannot expand
'transfer' using the left side for it just springs back.So I expand 'transfer'
using the right side and it pushes the size of page to way beyond the screen,
on the right there, and showing on the slider.I double click 'Description' and
all springs into place. Column sizes correct, page size fits the screen.
You've nailed it. Thank you for that.
On Tuesday 12 August 2025 at 10:33:39 am ACST, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Stan,
Not exactly. You have to trigger the Description resizing function before it
fills the space. Double clicking doors this.
@arthur: double click the header for the Description column. It will resize to
fill the horizontal space.
David T. On Aug 11, 2025, at 7:40 PM, "Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Arthur, I'm sorry you're having trouble. With the size of the
Description field, you're far from alone, which is why it's in the FAQ.
It may help you to think of it this way:
Theorem: The width of the description field is the width of the window,
mins the widths of all the other columns.
Corollary: To resize the Description field without affecting anything
else, resize your GnuCash window.
Corollary: If you increase/decrease the width of any other field, the
Description field shrinks/grows by that same amount.
Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
On 2025-08-11 16:06, arthur brogard via gnucash-user wrote:
Thank you for that. I should have stated that I'd seen the manual
instructions and they don't work for me.To me it appears the whole problem is
that the Description does NOT resize to fit.If it did all would be well.The
'instruction' itself contains a contradiction I think. If the Description
resizes then we don't need to size everything else first, as it suggests and
the resize Description do we? Resizing everything else would be suffice.
Description looking after itself.Or, to put it another way: rezing Description
is as easy as resizing anything else: for whatever you resize leads to an
immediate alteration in Description size.But that IS the problem.Such actions
do not lead to an alteration in Description size. Not on my computer, this
(win10) computer.Resizing something else to make it bigger, say, leads to the
overall dimensions of the page being bigger than the screen.Making something
smaller leaves one with a column smaller than it should be, than is useful, and
now I'm faced with the problems of making it big again.For instance right now.
I have a page that is somewhat larger than the screen - the slider shows
perhaps one inch available on the right.I make the overall page smaller using
the left of the date column and now I have three inches on the slider.I put it
back where it was and attempt to make more room for the date. Exaggerate it
to four inches for the date. Does Description shrink to accommodate this? No.
The slider simply shows I have now four inches available on the rights.I want
more room in Transfers? I expand Transfers using the side away from
Description to avoid the uncertainty of its operation and suddenly I've got
more 'hidden space' on the left. The slider showing room on the left.I go back
and reduce that Date I exanded earlier and - suddenly BAM ! It's all
okay.That's where it is now I won't touch it again.How it happened, what the
procedure, the rationale is, I don't know.Best I can come up with is: fidget
and fidget but don't use the bounds of Description and suddenly it will come
right when its ready.So all's well that ends well. That appears to have ended
well. :)
On Monday 11 August 2025 at 10:36:22 pm ACST, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Specifically:
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/basics-running-gnucash.html#basics-register2
David T.
On Aug 11, 2025, 8:59 AM, at 8:59 AM, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
<[email protected]> wrote:
This is covered in the Guide.
David T.
On Aug 11, 2025, 2:34 AM, at 2:34 AM, arthur brogard via gnucash-user
<[email protected]> wrote:
On my ledger pages the description column takes up 75% of the room
and
I don't seem to be able to change it.I can move the right border okay
but it just snaps back when I let go.Moving the left border is fine
but
that just makes the num field big and pushes everything on the right
off screen...Is it possible to control this.. ?
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