GNUCash problem with missing register columns ** FIXED**

[Sam Varshavchik]

Colin Law writes:

> I cannot replicate that.  When I collapse a column it still draws as
> two adjacent lines (so appears as a thick line).

Ditto. But grabbing the thick line, and dragging it left or right drags the  
entire thick line for me.

>                                                  The right hand one
> can easily be picked up and dragged right.

Way… way… Wait a second… You're saying that the user is expected to position  
the pointer /precisely/ on a single pixel-wide column, in order to unravel  
this?.

>                                             Even if the rightmost
> column is collapsed then the line can still be picked up and dragged
> right (out of the window) to resize it.

I guess for some definition of "can".

I'm fairly certain that I'm not the only one who cannot do it.

>                                         It can be a little tricky
> getting things back the right size, the technique to use is to
> increase the size of one that is too small and then reduce the size of
> one that is too large.
>
> Can you describe exactly what to do to get in the locked situation?

In this case, I just dragged the right hand margin of the "Withdrawal"  
column to the left, collapsing the entire "Withdrawal" column. Presto, no  
more withdrawal column. The pointer changes to the "<=>" icon when the  
pointer is somewhere in the vicinity of the thick line, but only the whole  
thing gets dragged.

> Make a copy of the .gcm file first and afterwards close gnucash and
> restore the file to get back to where you were.

That's pretty much it, this is what one of the [Register hexcode] init  
section changed to:

--- Money.gnucash.gcm	2026-02-10 07:53:21.674891176 -0500
+++ bad/Money.gnucash.gcm	2026-02-10 07:52:46.882024780 -0500
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 reconcile_width=45
 balance_width=158
 transfer_width=285
-debit_width=160
-credit_width=132
+debit_width=106
+credit_width=1
 exchrate_width=1

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