# ES|QL Table panel, column default width

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-ql-table-panel-column-default-width/368031>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** dashboard\
**Created:** [September 30, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-ql-table-panel-column-default-width/368031 "2024-09-30T15:10:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cgame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@cgame](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cgame)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-ql-table-panel-column-default-width/368031/1 "2024-09-30T15:10:50Z")

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Hi, when creating a table from ES|QL query, is it possible to preset columns widths, or auto-adapt to content ? Also is there a way to colorize cells and/or text in cells ?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-ql-table-panel-column-default-width/368031/2 "2024-09-30T15:29:28Z")

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> [@cgame](#):
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> Hi, when creating a table from ES|QL query, is it possible to preset columns widths, or auto-adapt to content ?

Saved searches (no matter if from Data View or ES|QL) keep the `Auto fit` setting so you can get the rows adapting to the content

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/9/e93269b64b2f58b67b18d95d83b0e63e1f6b0938.png)  
_Discover and the header/rows settings_

 ![2024-09-30_17-19](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/6/d68f520302fde66018218b27f882880a0831cd05.png)  
_Saved search in Dashboards with adapting rows_

On the other hand, if you are creating the ES|QL query directly in the dashboard, then you need to check for similar settings in the `Visual options` panel

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/e/6ec872885c9e5efff60fd2cb98c12acdc9eb45b2.png)

> [@cgame](#):
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> Also is there a way to colorize cells and/or text in cells ?

You can color cells or values in the ES|QL panel in the dashboard in the Metric configuration, but not on a saved search.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/e/fe166c0572771e7a93ebdaef7203707f0870b8b8.png)

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-ql-table-panel-column-default-width/368031/3 "2024-09-30T15:32:38Z")

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Hi @cgame

It is possible to preset columns width and persist it, while letting the user to customize it in a dashboard (temporary change).  
There's currently no auto-adapt feature yet.

As for colorize cells, it is possible by numeric value opening the metric dimension configuration. For string values there's a work in progress you can track here: [[Lens] Color options for string cells in tables · Issue #179322 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/179322)