# Column Widths of Dropdown List (table mode)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/column-widths-of-dropdown-list-table-mode/60321>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [June 2, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/column-widths-of-dropdown-list-table-mode/60321 "2022-06-02T21:49:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/column-widths-of-dropdown-list-table-mode/60321/20 "2023-09-12T22:52:31Z")

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...another idea:

If you wanted to autosize them, there are several [examples](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-dropdown-configuration/74682/25) in forum for setting sizes based on text width.

**Edit:** @Micah_Carr @Priyanka.Khandge @Alessandro_Sanson

> [@Vision-Dropdown Component-Searchable Dropdown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-dropdown-component-searchable-dropdown/63430/7):
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> I've developed a working prototype with a table mode if you want to test drive it: As it's programmed right now, it automatically sets the column widths to width of the longest text up to the maximum table width property. After that, it proportionally narrows the widths, so they fit. Edit: Made a few changes to streamline edge scenarios that were discovered during testing. The current version of the searchable dropdown that features a table mode has now been approved and is live on the …

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