Double clicking the titles is far easier, but the manual should be complete.
David Carlson On Sun, May 5, 2019, 10:38 AM David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well, look at that! It does work now. I’m pretty sure that’s a change. I > will note that it is still quite picky, getting the correct cursor without > hitting the scroll bar. And, as you note, moving to the right from the far > right can be counterintuitive or even impossible. I think I’ll stick with > double clicking the header. > > Cheers, > David > > > On May 3, 2019, at 7:29 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > Grabbing the right-hand border of the Balance Column and dragging it > right or left still works, at least on MacOS. That assumes that one can > drag right, of course. If the GnuCash window is on the right edge of the > monitor, as is the case in fullscreen mode, then there's nowhere for the > pointer to go and one won't be able to expand the balance column. > > > > It's perhaps counter-intuitive even for users with space on the desktop > that dragging the border to the right past the edge of the GnuCash window > will do anything. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > >> On May 2, 2019, at 7:21 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> When did that change? in release 2.6.19 you can still adjust the > balance > >> by moving the right edge of the title. > >> > >> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:58 PM David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Note that Section 2.3.3 of the Guide includes the following: > >>> > >>> 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 May 3, 2019, at 2:07 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Every column except the description can be adjusted by grabbing and > >>> dragging the right edge with the mouse. The balance column is a little > >>> harder to do that way, but the double click method usually makes an > >>> acceptable width. > >>> For the Description drag the right edge left until the horizontal > scrollbar > >>> disappears. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 2:09 PM Jeff Albrecht <je...@rodaw.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Try double clicking on column headers. > >>> > >>> - Jeff > >>> > >>> On 5/2/2019 12:00 PM, Elmar wrote: > >>> > >>> For some reason I can't seem to expand the column width for the > >>> account balance (e.g. a bank cash money market account, last column in > >>> the register) - it will only display 5 places in front of the decimal > >>> point. Is this a bug? > >>> > >>> GC Version: 3.5 Build ID: git 3.5+(2019-03-30) on Linux Mint 19.1 Mate > >>> desktop. > >>> > >>> - Elmar > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>> ----- > >>> 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 > >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>> ----- > >>> 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 > >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>> ----- > >>> 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 > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> 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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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