Rational Developer for System z

Resizing columns causes another column to disappear

In any view in Rational® Developer for System z®, such as the Remote System Details view, dragging the vertical line that divides columns to the left can cause the data column to the right to quickly slide left and overlay the data column to its left.

Symptom

A column in a table view is lost.

Cause

This is normal Windows behavior. Eclipse and Rational Developer for System z make internal calls to Windows functions. This is the way Windows behaves. You can see the same behavior in Windows Explorer.

Resolving the problem

Before you change the width of a column, maximize the view. You must avoid hiding any columns to the right before adjusting the column width. You must first widen the view to avoid seeing the horizontal scroll bar.

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