How do you consolidate the width a of 1-column table?

Question

Hi,

This seems like an easy issue to solve, but for the life of me, I am unable to resize the width of a 1-column table I created on a Confluence page.

I tried created a secondary column and deleting that column in hopes of the table to resize. No dice.

Anyone else struggling with this?

Thanks in advance.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Clever!

Barbara Szczesniak · Answer

@Linda Zhou A way that I have worked around this issue is to use a layout and put the single-column table inside that. Select a 2-column, 3-column, or one of the sidebar layouts, and then put your table in the section that best fits the size you want.

I use a 3-column layout with single cell tables to look like cards on the page.

I also use layouts for places where I want an image to the right of steps. You don't need to apply the layout to your whole page—just insert them where you want them on the page.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Linda Zhou

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Options for setting the column width are constrained by the width of the table. And options for setting the width of the table are limited.

There is a change request about that here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67748