Title: Column width w/ Responsive Table
Last modified: August 10, 2019

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# Column width w/ Responsive Table

 *  Resolved [StratPoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pavefe/)
 * (@pavefe)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-w-responsive-table/)
 * Hello again Tobias,
 *  I installed the Responsive Tables extension. My table has 12 columns, some have
   a lot of text. I used the CSS code to set the column widths in hopes that the
   last four columns would fall under the + sign, but now matter what I set for 
   column widths, only the last column goes under. Any ideas what I can do?
    By 
   the way, I donated some money, and will donate more when funds aren’t so tight.
 * Thanks in advance.
 * Vince
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcolumn-width-w-responsive-table%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)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-w-responsive-table/#post-11819843)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Instead of the CSS that you are using now, you could try setting a required minimum
   width:
 *     ```
       .tablepress-id-8 thead th,
       .tablepress-id-8 tbody td {
         min-width: 150px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [StratPoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pavefe/)
 * (@pavefe)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-w-responsive-table/#post-11820295)
 * That did the trick. Unfortunately, I have another question that I should have
   mentioned in the original post. When the plus sign is expanded, the background
   is of the page, and not of the table. How can that be changed?
 * I don’t like that I have to bother you for my inexperience, so if it’s possible
   to just point me in the right direction, I can learn myself.
 * Thank you again. Great plugin and excellent support.
 * Vince
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-w-responsive-table/#post-11820781)
 * Hi Vince,
 * good to hear that this helped! To change that background color, please add this
   to the “Custom CSS” textarea on the “Plugin Options” screen of TablePress:
 *     ```
       .tablepress .child td {
       	background-color: #f9f9f9;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-w-responsive-table/#post-11820781)
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