Inability to adjust investment register column widths and/or hide [edited] (15 Merged Votes)
There are dozens and dozens of similar posts as ideas, questions, problems, etc. going back many years. WHY is the Quicken development team continuing to ignore this very real usability issue? I've been a PAID Quicken users continuously since 1991 and am fed up that this request is never addressed in version after version. Now we are on a subscription model and being promised that enhancements don't have to wait for yearly releases. PROVE IT. Fix this now - it's incredibly simple and endless users have requested it. I am using Quicken 2018 Premiere with all the latest updates. I'd like a reply from a Quicken employee please.
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The Description column has a minimum width. I think this is because when the transaction is selected, multiple fields are shown there.
And frankly looking at how they have set the minimums for all the columns it doesn't make much sense. And also long ago there should have been support for removing columns and for the fonts to be adjusted just like in the non investment accounts.
But there is also the lack of understanding of all that is in that column.
As in even if you are using one line mode when you click on a transaction it is going to show all the information on two lines, and as such really needs the description column to be a certain width to show all they want.
But even so if information is cut off that should be the user's choice.
For instance looking at this it looks like the Description column is way to large.
But when I click on it:
It is still too large, but you can see that they are really making sure all three numbers show up.
But this doesn't line up with what they are doing for most of the other columns.
Most of the columns allow you to shrink them to the point that you almost can't see them.
I notice that the Description column is the only one that has multiple second line fields, so that might have something to do with what makes it more difficult to do.
But they should have been able to figure out something in all these years.
Or you don't have them change the columns and you ensure somehow that the sizes picked always show everything.
With the Holdings window you get neither!
When it first comes up as they set it. Name column is way to large.
Then I set it to:
And if you close the holdings window and come back any column settings you do, are gone.
The transaction list starts of with the attachment column and Clr column. These are not highly used for financial transactions. Also I would rather start off with the name of the security than these two items. Why can't we move columns around and also select or de-select what we want?>
Thanks for the suggestion.
Note: This conversation was created from a reply on: QWin: How can I change the columns of the investment transaction list?.
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Meanwhile, to avoid horizontal scrolling, I find I can see all the columns if I go to the View menu and undock the Account Bar. Annoying extra clicks, but much easier than repeated horizontal scrolling.
You can also try pressing the F11 key to toggle a "full screen mode" on or off within the size of your Quicken window. Does not perform a Windows maximize screen function.
The Descprition column in the investment register can be resized, but only to a certain program-required minimum length.
In Investment accounts, I don't have that ability.
In Investment accounts, I can change the width of the securities field to 1 character displayed, but I can't do this in the Description field. I often want to shrink the column width of the Description field in order to fit desired information on the screen, since I can't choose fields to display in Investment accounts.
Please make consistent column behavior throughout Quicken. Preferably, make column tailoring behavior more closely match column tailoring behavior like that in check registers.
Suggestion
I don't understand why there is a different GUI behavior between checking and investment registers regarding column selection and column widths. Please fix Quicken to have consistent user-experience for all registers.