GNUCash problem with missing register columns ** FIXED**

[Sam Varshavchik]

Colin Law writes:

> On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 at 12:49, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> wrote:
> >
> > The noteworthy aspect of this mess is that it's been a persistent problem
> > for such a long time that it acquired quite bit of history in the
> > Googleverse. But nobody is apparently interested in doing something about
> > it, and fixing this embarassing UI defect.
>
> What exactly is the problem that has not been fixed?

The fact that you can use a mouse to resize a column in the GnuCash register  
to 0 pixels in size, making it completely disappear, and there does not  
appear to be any way, in the UI, to bring it back, necessitating a dive into  
the data files, looking for a specific needle in the haystack, and manually  
editing the data file to restore the column and make it visible.

> Has it been reported to the developers?

Probably not, for the reasons explained when someone tries to report a bug  
to GnuCash's bugzilla. TLDR: account creation is disabled due to bot abuse.

> Has it been fixed in the latest version of Gnucash (which is 5.14 I believe).

No. I reproduced this on Fedora, which ships 5.14

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