# Saved search. Is minimum column width before breaking the line configurable?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-search-is-minimum-column-width-before-breaking-the-line-configurable/196356
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 22, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-search-is-minimum-column-width-before-breaking-the-line-configurable/196356 "2019-08-22T14:55:42Z")
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### Author: ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-search-is-minimum-column-width-before-breaking-the-line-configurable/196356/1 "2019-08-22T14:55:42Z")

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Hi,

when I want to show many columns in a kibana search, kibana is entering newlines and truncating the context.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/6/b6764aa4c23ba2362ae0be2a06b2cc626006bf5d.png)

Is it configureable to set a minimum width of a column and and is it possible do define the max number of lines an event may grow up to?

E.g.: a column should be no less wide than 100 px or 30 chars. And it should not get more hight than 40 px or 3 lines.

Are there any parameters on that?

Thanks, Andreas

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### Author: ![tims](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tims/32/46750_2.png) [@tims](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tims)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-search-is-minimum-column-width-before-breaking-the-line-configurable/196356/2 "2019-08-22T20:23:04Z")

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Hi @asp, unfortunately this is not possible with the current Discover table. However, there is discussion on redesigning this feature where you can contribute these ideas: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/43577](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/43577)

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-search-is-minimum-column-width-before-breaking-the-line-configurable/196356/3 "2019-09-19T20:23:08Z")

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