Title: column width conflict
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# column width conflict

 *  Resolved [johnrance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnrance/)
 * (@johnrance)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/)
 * Hi,
    I can’t find a way to set all the columns in this table [http://members.donnington-grove.com/john15/](http://members.donnington-grove.com/john15/)
   wide enough to display the content on one line. Is there a conflict somewhere?
   Any help greatly appreciated John
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/#post-6754750)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * The reason for this is that with the Horizontal Scrolling, the browser still 
   tries to make columns as narrow as possible.
 * The best fix should be to explicitly disallow automatic line breaks for this 
   table, by adding some CSS. For example, add this to the “Custom CSS” textarea
   on the “Plugin Options” screen of TablePress:
 *     ```
       .tablepress-id-24 th,
       .tablepress-id-24 td {
         white-space: nowrap;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [johnrance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnrance/)
 * (@johnrance)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/#post-6754772)
 * Tobias,
    Thanks for the swift reply – that helps a lot! I am still struggling
   to get left column and top row fixed when scrolling this table; [http://members.donnington-grove.com/john15/](http://members.donnington-grove.com/john15/)
   Any suggestions? Regards, John
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/#post-6754778)
 * Hi,
 * you could take a look at the TablePress Extensions [https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedcolumns/](https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedcolumns/)
   and [https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedheader/](https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedheader/)
   for this, but unfortunately, you can’t use both at the same time, as the underlying
   JavaScript libraries are not compatible, from what I know. Sorry.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [johnrance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnrance/)
 * (@johnrance)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/#post-6754791)
 * Tobias,
    I have tried all configurations and can’t get fixed columns working.
   I’ll try another theme as an experiment, but so far no luck, John
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/#post-6754793)
 * Hi John,
 * you shouldn’t need a different theme here. Please make sure that you have activated
   the Extension and that you modified the Shortcode (I suggest checking that in
   the “Text” (and not the “Visual”) editor of WordPress, to be sure that no extra
   HTML slips in through copy/paste.)
    You might also have to turn off the “Horizontal
   Scrolling” checkbox on the table’s “Edit” screen as that would interfere with
   the scrolling that the Extension adds.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [johnrance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnrance/)
 * (@johnrance)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/#post-6754797)
 * Tobias,
    I deleted and reinstalled the plug-in. Hey Presto! – it works. Maybe
   there is an issue with the order in which plug-ins are installed, Thanks for 
   your help, John
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-conflict/#post-6754804)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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