Kanban board issues are not rectangular

[Massimo Tarquini]

Hello,

I have a question regarding the kanban board issues. I use Jira with several companies I work for and for one client I see issues that are squared shape and look squashed. The kanban board looks rather overwhelming and issues are unintelligible. On the other hand, i have Jira for another client and the issues that are placed in the kanban board are rectangular and are very well-spaced from each other which makes it more readable .(see screenshots ) 

why this discrepancy? How can I have the issues to look exactly how they are in the second screenshot , namely , rectangular shaped? It looks neater

thanks

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Massimo - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Thanks for the screenshots. The simple answer is that the board is designed to fill the screen. So a board with fewer columns will have those issues stretched to filling in the screen. 

[John Funk]

Also, if you are using Company-managed projects, you might try the Better Jira free Chrome Extension. It will let you set the width of the columns. 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/better-jira/adjlkmhgnjccbagimdppnminndehkmgl?hl=en

[Massimo Tarquini]

Hello John thanks for the answer. That’s the thing even by having less columns , the issues are displayed the same way namely squared. So I am trying to understand  why in one board they are rectangular and on the other they are squred

oh I was unaware of that . Would that allow to set the kanban board column size ?

[John Funk]

Yes