Adjust row and column widths in Confluence Tables
Asked by Sarah Boeckmann:

Is it really possible that I have no control over the width of a column or a row in a table in confluence? It seems like the only possible formatting is adding or removing a row.


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: You may also adjust column width with the help of the [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app and its [Table Transformer](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Transformer+macro) macro.

Please, check [this example](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/Advanced+table+cells+formatting#Advancedtablecellsformatting-Changingcolumnwidth).

![2020-11-03_01h11_48-min.png](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/download/attachments/58426218/2020-11-03_01h11_48-min.png?version=1&modificationDate=1605209447000&api=v2)

![2020-11-03_01h13_42-min.png](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/download/attachments/58426218/2020-11-03_01h13_42-min.png?version=1&modificationDate=1605209448000&api=v2)


author: Mick Davidson
body: I've found an easy way of doing this, for Server 5.7.3.

All you have to do is:

Add **width="n"** into the \<th\> tag at the beginning of the code.

For example:

```
<th width="100">Column Name</th>
```

In the code this looks like:

```
<table>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <th width="200">Field</th>
 <th>Description</th>
 </tr>
```

Do this for all columns or just the one you want to keep at a fixed width.

So for two columns you could have:

```
<table>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <th width="200">Field</th>
```

```
 <th width="500">Description</th>
```

```
 <th>Description</th>
 </tr>
```

I did this yesterday and it's still working today, so it must be right! :smile:

Cheers.


author: Davin Studer
body: Here is a user macro that I created to help make up for the lack of some of these kinds of features.

**Macro Name:**advanced_tables

**Macro Title:**Advanced Tables

**Macro Body Processing:**   
Rendered

**Template:**

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```

comments: author: Milo Test
body: Crazy great stuff, that!


author: Roman Joss
body: Hi [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467)   
Thats a great usermacro. Unfortunatly, this is still a problem and not solved by atlassian.  
With your macro, all tables in the current page are styled the same way. Is it possible to declare, that only the table within this usermacro is styled by this options?  
I've studied and tried to change, but my knowledge in javascript with ajs is not yet so good.  
Can you give me a tip please.  
Thanks and regards  
Roman


author: Davin Studer
body: I've updated the code above with my latest version. It only affects tables within the body of the macro.


author: Milo Test
body: That is sadly correct. You can adjust widths using table markup or the table et al macros.

Also, be sure to vote for this enhancement: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3393>