Narrow columns displaying in D/board POSTS

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Hi Everyone,

In the ‘All Posts’ page in the Dashboard of a site I run, the ‘Title’ column is displaying at the wrong width. Please see the screenshot.

Any ideas why this is happening, and how can it be rectified? It just happened out of the blue. I can’t see any handles to stretch the column on the page.

Many thanks,

G.

[bcworkz]

Use your browser’s developer tools to help find the source of the narrow column CSS rule. There is a CSS Element Inspector tool (exact name varies, purpose is always the same). The normal source is common.css or list-tables.css. Depending on the source, you may be able to patch the rule directly in the source file. If it is due to a plugin or theme, ask the author for a solution.

If all else fails, you can try overriding the width with your own CSS introduced as an Admin Theme. The point isn’t to develop a new theme, it’s just a way to get WP to load the CSS you need to override the problem column.

Here’s a rule you could try in the CSS Inspector to see if it solves your problem. If it does, include it in the Admin Theme.

.posts th#title {
    width: 30%;
}

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Thank you bcworkz,

I’ve resolved the issue quite simply by installing the plugin ‘Admin columns’. A great bit of kit for the job.

I would recommend it to anyone who has column problems like I did. It works like a charm, and there’s no need to roll your sleeves up and get down and dirty with CSS edits.

I appreciate your help all the same.

Cheers,

G.

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The post can now be closed.

G.