Table Not Resizing
Asked by Jesca Bardney:

I want to make a table smaller in width, but when I try to resize it nothing happens.


Answers:
author: Ayaz.Malik
body: I cannot even see the button to the right side of the table, lol.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/223645i516F26D76684150B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

comments: author: cruel
body: Same issue


author: olivier saint-laurent
body: Same problem. It's been this way ever since I started using Confluence in 2021. For my part it seems to be RANDOMLY triggered when you copy/paste content such as sections and pannels (with or without tables) and then trying to create a new table or edit an existing table that was previously copy/pasted).

It's quite annoying as it renders modifications impossible. A fix would be welcomed.


author: JC Zhu
body: ![Screenshot 2023-10-02 at 11.02.17 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/284030iE36241F1AAEF189E/image-dimensions/550x123?v=v2 "Screenshot 2023-10-02 at 11.02.17 AM.png")

After struggling for a while to find the original "button to the right", I have just found that now there is a way to grab the blue line to the right to resize a table.

comments: author: Lynn Bertenshaw
body: Oh my days thank you, this has been annoying me!


author: Daniel Eads
body: Hi Jesca, welcome to the Community!

The button to the right side of the table will let you toggle between "center", "wide", and "full width" table layouts. That's three possible table widths, and the editor doesn't have controls for fine-tuning the table width itself. You can adjust the columns however.

There are some situations where you might need a smaller table than the "center" width. In those cases, I might suggest using the layout sections, and putting the table inside of one of the section columns. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about, with a "center" width table below it for reference.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/110849i8CBE976D9CA1EAB5/image-dimensions/750x380?v=v2 "image.png")I hope that helps explain the options!

Cheers,  
Daniel

comments: author: Jesca Bardney
body: Hi Daniel,

I am using a three-sectional. I don't mind that the table needs to take the full width of the section, but I want to avoid the scroll bar here.

Example shown below:![Screen Shot 2020-09-18 at 1.51.40 pm.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/110855i1376396E89765AFC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2020-09-18 at 1.51.40 pm.png")Thanks!


author: Ben Nicholson
body: Hi Daniel,

I would like an answer to this as well. Is there a fix?

When I create a table everything is OK.

When I click the "go wide" button it goes wider and everything is OK.

When I click the "go full width" button it goes full width and everything is OK.

But when I click "back to center" I do not go back to the initial condition.

The frame for the table comes back to initial width, but the table seems to be a bit wider. Now the table is wider than the frame it is in and now requires a scroll bar at the bottom.

The workaround I have is to re-create a new table from scratch, copy the data in from the old table and try not to ever click the "go wide" button.

Thanks,

Ben


author: J?rgen Wieser
body: I have the same issue. I create a table and it fits to the width. When I add a column, the scroll bar appears and I am not able to narrow the table.

It worked a while ago.

J?rgen


author: Aaron Smith
body: Exact same problem here as everyone else: [@Daniel Eads](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1527694)

After changing the table width layout (cycling from center, wide, full) I can no longer change the actual width of my table. The full table is now only viewable by scrolling horizontally. There is no option to decrease the width of the table.


author: Bao Tran Dinh
body: Same issue here.


author: Rick Jansen
body: Same issue here


author: Lisa Singh
body: Same issue here.

comments: author: YurriMurray
body: How did you find its solution?


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