Customizing Column Width
Modern lists seem to have an unmodifiable min width (even with JSON). Also, manually adjusted column widths reset upon refresh.
It seems many are asking for customizable and SET column widths (similar to setting widths for web parts would be satisfactory or even allow JSON to alter).
The excessive white space and scrolling right is problematic and inefficient.
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Kathy Lummen
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Column widths should be dynamic based on the character count of the list item with a wrap around if too long. Many users need to glance at an item to know if they should click on it...they will not always mouse over the item to view the entire file name or title.
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Tomek Kawka
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Due to this, our organization does not want to use the modern list.
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Michael
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Due to this, our School does not want to use the modern list.
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admin-doikent
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Due to this, our organization does not want to use the modern list.
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Chris Hudson
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We have loads of documents with long names that are now cut short... How is this a feature?
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Rochelle H.
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Couldn't agree more, it drives me nuts having to resize each time!
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Dimitri
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I would expect a higher demand for this to be working. Still waiting on a solution and any kind of reaction from Microsoft on this topic.
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David Valicek
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SharePoint UserVoice Admin kindly react.
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FastTrack
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The ID column has space for a 15 digit number and cannot be slimmed down. Either make the width dynamically (small) or allow JSON to modify according to user wish.
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Anonymous
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This should be really a basic feature. You cannot expect that each content in columns needs the same width. Sometimes it is just one number. Sometimes it is a longer text. Is should be possible to adjust it and keep it for the users.
Maybe this could be solved by distributing percentages to the different columns, so they show correct also on different screen sizes.
This user voice should be merged with the following other user voices that were raised on this topic. This would also increase the magnitude of this issue:
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/32866252-adjust-column-width
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/33291979-permanent-column-widths
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/36587935-change-column-width
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/36205822-adjust-columns-width-on-lists
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/37102255-change-default-column-width
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/37102429-support-persistent-column-width-in-modern-document
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/36273433-ability-to-set-and-save-the-width-of-columns
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/35353480-ability-to-set-and-save-the-column-width-in-views
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/37733737-sharepoint-library-column-width-resized
* https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/35362162-allow-users-to-freeze-the-column-width -
Boyd
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We'd love to see this feature changed. Its very frustrating without it.
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Jack
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Would love to see this! Excessive white space on pages is my #1 complaint with new experience.
