Title: Specifically define column width absolutely?
Last modified: May 10, 2017

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# Specifically define column width absolutely?

 *  Resolved [maxraudive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxraudive/)
 * (@maxraudive)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specifically-define-column-width-absolutely/)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * how can you force a specific column to take a defined width?
 * I have already defined various column widths in custom CSS, but unfortunately,
   for example, the 5th (“Questions / Answers”) column does not have a wider range(
   500px).
 * Since I work in the collaps mode, it would have only the remaining following 
   columns actually only break !?
 * [Here is my live-demo …](https://raudive.de/ltcwave-was-ist-das/ltc-datenbank/)
 * Regards,
    Max

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specifically-define-column-width-absolutely/#post-9117106)
 * Hi Max,
 * this is probably caused by the table still taking up 100% of the width. So, if
   the sum of assigned column widths is not 100%, one column will get bigger.
    It
   might also be possible that there’s content/text in that column somewhere (it
   might be any row), that requires this column width, because the text in it is
   that long and can not be word-wrapped.
 * You are basically experiencing one of the major challenges with HTML tables on
   the web: Getting the column widths right. Unfortunately, there’s no definite 
   answer to that, especially when things like responsiveness also play a big role:-/
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [maxraudive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxraudive/)
 * (@maxraudive)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specifically-define-column-width-absolutely/#post-9117149)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * I already suspected. But I did not want to leave it untried to ask.
 * Thanks anyway!
 * Regrads,
    Max

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