Title: Column width
Last modified: April 15, 2024

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# Column width

 *  Resolved [dareko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dareko/)
 * (@dareko)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-67/)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * I have been using your plugin since one of the very first versions and everything
   always works as described.
   I’ve only ever had an issue with column width: some
   columns in my tables only have one or two characters , but there is the space
   for 10 characters, and I can’t reduce their width.I set width and max-width to
   single pxs. I also tried setting padding to minus values – nothing helps.
 * Please advise where I should look for the setting to reduce the margins on the
   left and right of the text in a cell? Is this set somewhere in the theme?
 * Thank you in advance for any advise
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcolumn-width-67%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-67/#post-17690095)
 * Hi!
 * Thanks for your post and sorry for the trouble!
 * What you are seeing there is indeed caused by your theme: It’s adding a rather
   big padding (inner white space) in table cells.
 * To fix that, please add this to the “Custom CSS” text area on the “Plugin Options”
   screen of TablePress:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       #content .tablepress th,
       #content .tablepress td {
           padding: 6px 3px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
   Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [dareko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dareko/)
 * (@dareko)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-67/#post-17690222)
 * Great, it works perfect.
 * Thank you very much for your first class support.
 * All the best for you.
   Darek
 * PS.
   If it was possible to scroll the tables horizontally (when you can’t see 
   all the columns on a mobile display), it would be more than great. But I understand
   that this is impossible with merged cells.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-67/#post-17691633)
 * Hi Darek,
 * good to hear that this helped 🙂
 * Regarding the horizontal scrolling: Indeed, the native horizontal scrolling (
   that is also part of the free version) does not work in tables that have merged
   cells. However, the TablePress premium versions come with the [Responsive Tables feature module](https://tablepress.org/modules/responsive-tables/)
   which brings a different implementation of horizontal scrolling — and that one
   does work in tables with merged cells! So, you might want to look into [upgrading to TablePress Pro or TablePress Max](https://tablepress.org/pricing/)!
   🙂
 * Best wishes,
   Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [dareko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dareko/)
 * (@dareko)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-67/#post-17691724)
 * Thank you Tobias.
   Best wishes,
 * Darek
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-67/#post-17691730)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂
 * Best wishes,
   Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress in the plugin directory](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/#new-post).
   Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-67/#post-17691730)
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