Hi, I'm kind of curious whether this is an intended or not.
I used a table component and mapped the data of my firestore query which run behavior is set 'Manual'.
After triggering query, when datas are displayed in the table, column width expands too wide automatically even the content of the cell is not that long enough.
Weirdly, this kind of column width expansion happens in a certain table while other table column width fits well.
Does anyone have issue like me?
Thanks!
Hello @Jaemoon_Lee,
You're absolutely right I’ve encountered this issue as well in certain tables, and the behavior can definitely feel inconsistent.
One possible reason for this is how Retool determines column widths. It typically uses only the first few rows (often around 10) to auto-calculate width. So if the first row contains unusually long text in a particular field, the corresponding column may expand to fit that, even if the rest of the data is shorter.
As shown in my screenshot, even though I’ve set the column width to "Automatic," the first column appears disproportionately wide.
In my opinion, It’s likely not a bug, just how Retool handles sizing. Setting manual widths per column can fix it reliably.
