# Table text becomes microscopic when querying more than 42 records **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, reporting\ **Created:** [August 15, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-becomes-microscopic-when-querying-more-than-42-records/109836 "2025-08-15T20:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-becomes-microscopic-when-querying-more-than-42-records/109836/1 "2025-08-15T20:17:16Z")
This one has me stumped, I have a table with a single TextShape displaying a mssql field of type text, however if i query more than 42 records the text becomes so small its unreadable. I have this field in a table group so that each record is on its own page, but also had this issue without the table group. Any thought you may have on what is going on would be much appreciated. Before: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/a/cab5bf6aea2cec51761862bc890d23ebff43ee92.png) After: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/0/c098e194c95feed9a26ea8f4880fc8e15304a930.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-becomes-microscopic-when-querying-more-than-42-records/109836/2 "2025-08-15T20:21:04Z")
> [@josborn](#): > > if i query more than **42** records Don’t panic. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-becomes-microscopic-when-querying-more-than-42-records/109836/3 "2025-08-15T20:22:01Z")
I saw that one coming, but not that fast. I looked at that 43rd record and it is too large to fit on a single page, which appears to be the source of the issue. I tried changing the overflow settings and it made no change. ---
**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-becomes-microscopic-when-querying-more-than-42-records/109836/4 "2025-08-15T22:24:14Z")
After playing around with the table, it seems adding a header to the table seems to fix the issue, though i have no clue why that is. It Seems like it might be a bug, if you have a table with no header and a very large textshape that overflows the page, it defaults to overflow: shrink text to fit, even if you specify overflow: None. It also shrinks all of the rows by way more than necessary for even the largest to fit. Edit: I tried removing the header and expanding the details to fill nearly the entire page, and that seems to also force the overflow behavior to shrink to fit, no mater what you specify but the shrink also now works correctly and only shrinks the rows that exceed the page. ---
**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-becomes-microscopic-when-querying-more-than-42-records/109836/5 "2025-08-16T02:37:32Z")
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