Title: Dynamic Table Widths
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Dynamic Table Widths

 *  Resolved [Shirley Muswema](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirley-muswema/)
 * (@shirley-muswema)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-table-widths/)
 * Hi Toby,
 * I was wondering if it would be possible to set each table we have to fit the 
   screen it’s on. For example, I have a smaller screened laptop and when I display
   the tables on that smaller screen, they end up showing up under the sidebar on
   the right.
 * [http://www.funchkins.com/design/](http://www.funchkins.com/design/)
 * Thanks for your help.
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-table-widths/#post-4328758)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * No, this is not really possible, simply due to the way how tables work in browser.
   The largest “piece of content” in a cell will always define the minimum width
   of its column, and the sum of those will then define the minimum width of the
   table.
    In your particular case, the solution should actually be to not use a
   table at all. For displaying images, it is usually better to use a grid layout(
   which is based on other HTML elements internally), which will give you a better
   behavior on small screens. A gallery plugin might be helpful for that.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Shirley Muswema](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirley-muswema/)
 * (@shirley-muswema)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-table-widths/#post-4328784)
 * Mmmm, I guess we will have to think of something else. Thanks for your help Tobias.
   Have a great evening.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-table-widths/#post-4328843)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! Sorry that I couldn’t really help with this.
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-table-widths/#post-4328843)
 * Status: resolved