# Reporting - Simple Table height not matching Design view

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-simple-table-height-not-matching-design-view/46833>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-simple-table-height-not-matching-design-view/46833 "2021-05-18T13:35:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![grietveld](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grietveld/32/6984_2.png) [@grietveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grietveld)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-simple-table-height-not-matching-design-view/46833/1 "2021-05-18T13:35:37Z")

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So I’ve got a report mostly made of Simple Tables. In Design view, everything lines up, I have some smaller cells for certain data points and to conserve space.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/2/3241d10fc8e48b8a37e979e523e3e71ebba1ec7d.png)

But when I go to preview this, the row heights go back to the default values and everything starts overlapping.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/8/f8a7a39c5428e1b5c5a66248ebe82c158813f17e.png)

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![code\_skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@code\_skin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/code_skin)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-simple-table-height-not-matching-design-view/46833/2 "2021-11-18T15:19:37Z")

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It seems I can only increase the size of the Simple Table defaults, not sure why shrinking the tables does not work. Did you ever find a solution?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-simple-table-height-not-matching-design-view/46833/3 "2021-11-18T15:36:10Z")

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Each cell inside a simple table has an ‘Overflow Behavior’ property. By default it’s set to ‘Grow row’, to fit the contents + the padding specified.

If you want your sizing in the design tab to be preserved, switch to ‘Shrink text’ mode.

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**Author:** ![code\_skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@code\_skin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/code_skin)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-simple-table-height-not-matching-design-view/46833/4 "2021-11-18T15:58:37Z")

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That did it. Thanks for solving this one @paul-griffith.