Sharepoint Autofit column header of a list

[zapbrannigan]

I have created a list and some of the columns headers contain 3 or 4 words of text. These text headers shortened and dont display the full text. I have tried formatting the column width using JSON but that only applies to the column contents and not the header portion.

How do I auto fit the column headers?

Thanks.

 {
   "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
   "elmType": "div",
   "txtContent": "@currentField",
   "style": {
     "width": "500px"
   }
 }

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@zapbrannigan This is a known limitation of JSON formatting. You cannot format only the column headers using JSON formatting in SharePoint online.

But you can manually increase the width of column header by dragging it to the right & save the list view.

For detailed steps, check: SharePoint Modern List - Increase column width with JSON Issue

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