Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
mwild
Frequent Visitor

Data View - Column Width

Is it possible to fix the column width in the data view table in Power Bi.  I have a column with a lot of text in and the column automatically fixes the width of it for the text as opposed to wrap text in Excel.
I know you can manually change the width by dragging the column but next time I open it, it reverts to the maximum width again

mwild_0-1681394498241.png

 

4 REPLIES 4
talk2frank
Helper I
Helper I

We need to raise this as a bug but not sure how?

talk2frank
Helper I
Helper I

It is not possible to manually change the width either when columns are wider than the viewspace. Its a bug not a suggested improvement but not sure how to raise these?

MMacdonald94
Regular Visitor

Great suggestion MWild, this is very frustraing 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @mwild ,

 

Unfortunately, it is not possible to set the column width automatically, you can only adjust it manually.

If you would like to suggest  feature improvements, you may vote the idea and comment here  to improve this feature. It is a place for customers provide feedback about Microsoft Office products . What’s more, if a feedback is high voted there by other customers, it will be promising that Microsoft Product Team will take it into consideration when designing the next version in the future.

 

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

If this post  helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. 

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.