On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 02:14:48PM -0700, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote:
>
> On 2026-03-12 13:17, Chris Green wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:32:46PM -0700, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote:
> >> ... one of those is the FAQ, located at
> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ
> >>
> >> (The answer to the question that spawned this thread is under "4.22 Q:
> >> How do I resize my register columns? Why can I not shrink the
> >> description column?")
> >>
> > OP here. No, item 4.22 of the FAQ doesn't answer my question. I
> > wanted to make the Description column **wider**.
>
> I'm not clear how you can say that FAQ doesn't answer your question.
> Either widen the GC window, or narrow some other columns.
>
As answred way back at the beginning of the thread the only way to
widen the description column seems to be as follows:-
> If you are in Single-Line mode (default) you will not see this border,
> but will instead, see the right-hand border for the Reconciled column.
>
> Click View > Double Line to see the specific Account/Transfer column
> border, adjust as needed, then if you prefer, turn off Double-Line mode.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
OK, thank you! :-)
One has to wonder why it's like this though.
That isn't what's described in the FAQ, I think the documentation
section 2.9.2.3 does sort of refer to it but it's not at all clear.
--
Chris Green
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