Roger Martz <martz <at> lanl.gov> writes: > > In the Lyx User's Guide (July 17, 2006) on page 31 at the bottom it is > stated (and I'm paraphrasing) that the width of the label in Description > lists can be changed via the Edit . Paragraph Settings dialog and the > Label width text box. After selecting a Description list label and > opening the dialog, I find that the text box is there, but basically > inoperative since I can't enter anything. I'm using Lyx version 2.1.4 > (July 24, 2015) on a Mac running 10.11.13 . >
The label width box is active if you select the *Labeling* environment, which is an extension of (but different than) the "Description" environment. Paul