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ColumnWidths

is an option for the low-level function GridBox which specifies the widths to use for columns.

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ColumnWidths

ColumnWidths

is an option for the low-level function GridBox which specifies the widths to use for columns.

Details

  • The following settings can be given:
  • Allwide enough to fit without breaking lines
    Automaticavailable width divided automatically among columns
    Scaled[s]fraction s of the available width
    nn ems in the current font
    {w1,w2,…}width specification wi for column i
  • With ColumnWidths->{w1,w2,…,wn}, the specification wn is effectively taken to be repeated if there are more than n columns.
  • With ColumnWidths->Automatic, a particular column will never use more width than its widest element.
  • An explicit setting for ColumnWidths overrides ColumnsEqual->True.

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

Set column widths in units of em-widths:

Wolfram Language code: GridBox[{{"aaaaaaa", "bbbbbbb", "ccccccc"}, {"AAAAAAA", "BBBBBBB", "CCCCCCCC"}}, ColumnWidths -> {8, 15, 12}, ColumnLines -> True, GridFrame -> True]//DisplayForm

Set column widths as fractions of total width:

Wolfram Language code: GridBox[{{"aaaaaaa", "bbbbbbb", "ccccccc"}, {"AAAAAAA", "BBBBBBB", "CCCCCCCC"}}, ColumnWidths -> {Scaled[.4], Scaled[.1], Scaled[.3]}, ColumnLines -> True, GridFrame -> True]//DisplayForm

Set all columns to the same width:

Wolfram Language code: GridBox[{{"aaaaaaa", "bbbbbbb", "ccccccc"}, {"AAAAAAA", "BBBBBBB", "CCCCCCCC"}}, ColumnWidths -> {10}, ColumnLines -> True, GridFrame -> True]//DisplayForm
Wolfram Research (1996), ColumnWidths, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColumnWidths.html (updated 2007).

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), ColumnWidths, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColumnWidths.html (updated 2007).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "ColumnWidths." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColumnWidths.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). ColumnWidths. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColumnWidths.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_columnwidths, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ColumnWidths}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColumnWidths.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_columnwidths, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ColumnWidths}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColumnWidths.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}