Title: Cannot adjust column width
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot adjust column width

 *  Resolved [ajetal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajetal/)
 * (@ajetal)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-adjust-column-width/)
 * I have had no success in adjusting column width using Custom CSS commands, both
   column width and padding, as provided in responses to other posts. As you can
   see on the site, the table is too wide to be seen all at once. Was hoping to 
   shrink one or two columns in order to fit it all on.
 * [My Site](http://www.smithvalleygarage.com/equipment)
 * Thanks for the help….
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-adjust-column-width/#post-4706296)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * The reason for this is that your theme sets the padding in a rather aggressive
   way. To fix this, please add this to the “Custom CSS” textarea on the “Plugin
   Options” screen of TablePress:
 *     ```
       #content .tablepress th,
       #content .tablepress td {
       	padding: 8px;
       }
       #content .dataTables_wrapper .sorting,
       #content .dataTables_wrapper .sorting_asc,
       #content .dataTables_wrapper .sorting_desc {
       	padding-right: 20px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [ajetal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajetal/)
 * (@ajetal)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-adjust-column-width/#post-4706302)
 * This worked perfectly. Thanks for the prompt response.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-adjust-column-width/#post-4706304)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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## Tags

 * [column](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/column/)
 * [padding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/padding/)
 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-adjust-column-width/#post-4706304)
 * Status: resolved