Did you in fact click and drag the right side of the Description column to the left and then release?
Are you looking at the *Guide* for section 2.3.5? Did you click the link i provided? David T. On Nov 5, 2025, 7:46 PM, at 7:46 PM, Paul Kinzelman <[email protected]> wrote: >On 11/4/2025 10:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Keep the replies on the list, please. >Sorry, it looked like you replied to just me so I replied thusly too. >> >> 2.3.5 is at >> >https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/basics-running-gnucash.html#basics-register2 >> >> First question: why are you double clicking the Withdrawal column to >> resize the Balance column? >I'm just trying various things to figure out how the column sizing >works. >Your hint about clicking on the column header from right to left is >very helpful and not at all obvious to me. I was just completely >confused. >> >> Second: Doesn't your screen have a scroll bar along the bottom of the > >> register window? >Yes. Duh! That was dumb of me. So I can see the rest of the balance, >but >then when I scroll right, >I lose part of the date even as the Description is huge so there's no >reason to lose anything. >The Description column is not being shrunk. >> >> Third: Others have noted that resizing columns works best from right >> to left: double click the balance heading, followed by Withdrawal, >> Deposit, etc. The final step is to grab the *right* edge of the >> Description column and drag it fully to the left and release. The >> Description column will then fill up the remainder of the window >> width. (For the record, the Note does describe this process, just a >> little cryptically). >When I do that, I get reasonable sizes for each column from Transfer to > >Balance, but it doesn't >shrink the Description to fit the window so I get a scroll bar and have > >to move around. If I maximize >the window then I do get all the columns displayed without a scrollbar. >Thank you. But I still can't shrink the window less than the entire >screen without losing the end >columns and getting a scroll bar. It should shrink the Description to >fit according to your directions. >But what you told me does help, thanks! >It does seem like it'd be easier and much less confusing to just have >users >move the columns where they want and have them stay put. > >And about documentation... >How do I get to 2.3.5? >Again, when I go to Support | Documentation | Table of Contents | 2 >it goes to only 2.2 and when I go thru the pages of chapter 2, I get: >2 >| Next | 2.1 | Next | 2.2 | Next 3.1 > >And when I go to Downloads | Documentation I don't get anything to >download, it goes to the >same place as Support | Documentation > >> >> David T. >> On Nov 5, 2025, at 9:46 AM, Paul Kinzelman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I can't find 2.3.5 >> Going to the documentation either download or support, I can't >> download, all I can do >> is page by page and Ch 2 ends at 2.2 and when I go Next, it goes >> to chapter 3. >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> I tried your note but the windows still act weirdly. >> >> With even almost the whole screen width >> (and also even with the window maximized), >> I see only 1/2 the balance column. >> Then when I double-click the Withdrawal, >> that column gets wide enough, but it shrinks the Balance so I see >> only 1/2 of the column. When I click on Balance, I now see the >whole >> thing only if the window is maximized. If I shrink >> the gnucash window to be less than maximize, >> I lose 1/2 the Balance column. I can see it trying to expand >> automatically >> like you said in your reply, >> but it's really not doing the right thing if the window isn't >> maximized. >> >> Why not just allow the user to move the columns around wherever >> they want? Wouldn't it be more intuitive as well as >> the code would be a lot easier to write too? >> >> I like to balance my statement against gnucash and display them >both >> on the laptop screen so I can't really maximize it. >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> On 11/4/2025 8:10 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Apparently, you didn't read 2.3.5, which includes the following >>> note: >>> >>> Note >>> In the register windows, you can resize the various columns that >>> GnuCash displays, but keep in mind that the Description and >>> Balance columns behave differently from other columns. >>> >>> The Description column is designed to expand automatically to >>> fill all unused horizontal screen space. Therefore you should >set >>> the widths of all your other columns before setting the >>> Description column width. >>> >>> The Balance column must be resized by double-clicking on the >>> column heading. >>> >>> David T. >>> On Nov 5, 2025, at 4:44 AM, Paul Kinzelman >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sunfish62: I looked in chapter 2 and it's about"Using this >>> Document & Getting Help" >>> I didn't see any column sizing stuff in there. >>> Chapter 4.3 seemed more relevant but I couldn't find >anything >>> there either. >>> >>> David: Double-click enlarges the column which is good and >>> shrinks the Description >>> but still when I drag the vertical bar on the left of >>> "Transfer" to the left it snaps back to where it was. >>> When I drag the vertical bar on the right of "Transfer" it >>> stays put, but the >>> vertical bar on the left of "Transfer" snaps to the right >>> also when it shouldn't move. >>> Something is very weird about resizing. >>> >>> On 11/4/2025 9:31 AM, David Carlson wrote: >>>> What happens if you double click the title of any of the >>>> amount columns? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM Paul Kinzelman >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Im running the updated 5.13 release but it happened >with >>>> older ones too. >>>> >>>> I can't get the ledger columns to resize properly. >Works >>>> the same way >>>> with both one and Double Line view. >>>> >>>> The Description field is huge, and when I try to drag >>>> the left side of >>>> the Transfer column over to shrink the Desc, all the >>>> columns Transfer and to >>>> the right drag over to the left, but when I click to >put >>>> them down, >>>> they snap back to where they were. I can't shrink the >>>> Desc column. >>>> And then several of the columns are too small >>>> to see. If I drag the left side of Balance to the left, >>>> it gets larger, but >>>> then Withdrawal becomes too small to see. >>>> >>>> Suggestions? >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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.
