Thank you, All! I have simply built a new version of the same account by copying and pasting from the old. Time consuming but it seems to have worked for me. I have kept the old, problematical account and may see if I can resurrect it by using your instructions. I sure appreciate the help you all give. A great community indeed!
Edwin On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Just going to say that #1 is overkill. The prior answer, I believe, is #3. > > If you're not up to editing the gcm file, you can always just delete the > gcm file altogether and it will get rebuilt the next time you fire GnuCash > up, using default column widths. The gcm file location is given on the > wiki. > > David T. > > On Sep 7, 2025, 11:40 AM, at 11:40 AM, Edwin Booth <[email protected]> > wrote: > >Thank you! I have tried your No. 2 suggestion countless times and just > >does > >not reappear. I’m not sure what you mean by the down arrow on the > >column > >headers (I’m using a MacBook). I only get the side-to-side arrows as > >well > >as the regular cursor. I’m keen to try your No. 3 but have no idea how > >to > >do that. > > > >Thanks so much for the reply! > > > >Edwin > > > >On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM Steve Butler > ><[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > >> Create the new account. > >> > >> Delete the old account and check the box to transfer all transactions > >to > >> the new account. > >> > >> It may be that your balance column was either: > >> 1. Turned off -- check the down arrow on the column headers. > >> 2. Pushed off the page by wider columns. Double click the > >Description > >> column headers to see if columns suddenly appear(and description > >column > >> shrinks) > >> 3. Width of Balance column set to zero pixels. There is a file you > >need > >> to edit to fix that. Not sure which one nor where it is located. > >> > >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2025, 11:11 Edwin Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi. I’m having trouble with one of my accounts. I have lost the > >Balance > >>> column and I think I need to make a new account. Is it possible to > >copy > >>> and > >>> paste a whole account into a new account window? > >>> > >>> Thanks, Edwin > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
