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MS List Column Width Forced
Hi, I've had a number of MS lists and been able to enter grid view and amend the width of columns and the text doesn't overflow which I want to keep the overall list width smaller; but as of yest...
It looks like product ships a change to the list rendering, saved widths sometimes get dropped and every column falls back to auto-fit.
Here are two options:
1) Re-save the width on the view use View options > Save view as and save over the same view name.
2) Choose Column settings > Format this column > Advanced mode, and paste this.
{
"$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"width": "200px",
"max-width": "200px",
"white-space": "nowrap",
"overflow": "hidden",
"text-overflow": "ellipsis"
},
"txtContent": "@currentField"
}