Title: Issue column width CSS codes
Last modified: May 9, 2021

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# Issue column width CSS codes

 *  Resolved [Kimber254](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimber254/)
 * (@kimber254)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/)
 * Hi, I read [https://tablepress.org/faq/column-widths/](https://tablepress.org/faq/column-widths/)
   and add my codes to the plugin options > CSS area.
    I added .tablepress-id-36.
   column-19 { width: 300px; }
 * But it’s not making column 19 any wider. Any thoughts on what I’m doing wrong.
 * Kimberly

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/#post-14419001)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * My guess is that this CSS is not applied because the table is too wide already.
   
   You might therefore have to define a minimum width in the CSS, by using
 *     ```
       .tablepress-id-36 .column-19 {
         min-width: 300px;
         width: 300px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [engenderedconvos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/engenderedconvos/)
 * (@engenderedconvos)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/#post-14464638)
 * hi [@tobiasbg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
    please help if
   you can. i am having trouble with all my posts that have tables. particularly
   this one where the first column does not show up at all on mobile view: [https://www.kinunplugged.com/african-baby-girl-names/](https://www.kinunplugged.com/african-baby-girl-names/)
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/#post-14464646)
 * Hi engenderedconvos,
 * from what I can see, you are using a table block of the WordPress Block Editor.
   Unfortunately, I can’t really help with that, as its styling depends on your 
   theme.
    You might instead want to check out the TablePress plugin for this: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [engenderedconvos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/engenderedconvos/)
 * (@engenderedconvos)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/#post-14464706)
 * Thanks so much for that. I have installed table press and changed my tables accordingly
   but the widths of some of the columns are shortened so that sentences are truncate.
   do you have any tips to help with this?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/#post-14465890)
 * Hi,
 * I’m not sure that I understand. I don’t see truncated text. Or do you mean word-
   wrapping?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [engenderedconvos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/engenderedconvos/)
 * (@engenderedconvos)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/#post-14468095)
 * The words are broken and not on one line. I guess that is word wrapping
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-width-css-codes/#post-14469048)
 * Hi,
 * yes, I see this happening in the second column. The reason for that simply is
   that there’s not enough space in the table for everything to be in one line of
   text.
    Essentially, that’s because your page’s content area (defined by the theme)
   is rather small. An easy fix could also be to change the “Baby Girl Name” in 
   the table header row to something shorter, like just “Girl Name” or “Name”.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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