Re: how to change the width of a column in a table...

anooshac · ‎05-30-2024

Hi All, i am trying reduce the width of 2nd and 3rd column of a table since some of the cell has big sentence and it occupies too much space.

i tried referring an example like below.

<row>
    <panel>
      <html depends="$alwaysHideCSSPanel$">
        <style>
          #tableColumWidth table thead tr th:nth-child(2),
          #tableColumWidth table thead tr th:nth-child(3){
            width: 10% !important;
            overflow-wrap: anywhere !important;
          }          
        </style>
      </html>
      <table id="tableColumWidth">

But i am not able to change the width using this. Any corrections needed in above html?

kamlesh_vaghela · ‎06-02-2024

@anooshac

Can you please try this sample code?

Please observe 2nd column width.

<dashboard version="1.1" theme="dark">
  <label>table column size</label>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <table id="tableColumWidth">
        <search>
          <query>|makeresults count=5 | eval A=random(), B=random(), status=A, action=A</query>
          <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </search>
        <option name="drilldown">none</option>
      </table>
    </panel>
  </row>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <html>
        <style>
          
          #tableColumWidth table th:nth-child(2),
          #tableColumWidth table td:nth-child(2) {
            width: 1000px !important;
            overflow-wrap: anywhere !important;
        }
        </style>
      </html>
    </panel>
  </row>
</dashboard>

I hope this will help you.

Thanks
KV
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anooshac · ‎06-03-2024

Hi @kamlesh_vaghela , tried this but the dashboard width isn't changing.

kamlesh_vaghela · ‎06-03-2024

@anooshac

Can you please share your full sample code?

KV

gcusello · ‎05-30-2024

Hi @anooshac ,

if you see in the Splunk Dashboard Examples app (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1603 ) there's exactly also this example.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

ITWhisperer · ‎05-30-2024

The problem with tables is that the browser(?) tries to adjust the table after the CSS, which usually overrides whatever width you have tried to set.

anooshac · ‎06-02-2024

@ITWhisperer,so there is no solution for changing width?

ITWhisperer · ‎06-02-2024

It depends on what it is you are trying to achieve and what you would accept as a "solution". For example, you could try adding spaces to the end of field names so the column width increases. Basically, it is a lot of trial and error to get something close to what you want, and you might not get there, so perhaps you should ask yourself, is it worth the effort?

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