Changing column width in Next Experience UI

[Piotr Kaminski]

Does anybody know how to set column width for a field (list views) in Next Experience UI?

I've tried field styles but it does not seems to work.

[Community Alums]

Hi @Piotr Kaminski ,

To adjust the column width to display the full contents of a column in a list view (i.e not truncate):

1. From the left navigation menu, select System Definition > Dictionary and find the column record you want to change.
2. Add no_truncate to the Attributes field.
3. Alternatively, you could right-click the list header bar, select Configure --> Dictionary and add the attribute above to the column you want to change.

To apply this globally for every field:

1. From the left navigation menu, select System Properties > UI Properties.
2. Find the property labeled Number of characters displayed in list cells (glide.ui.list_chars) and adjust the number as desired (default is 40).

[Julia-Allen]

This worked for me, thank you @Community Alums - marked helpful

[Piotr Kaminski]

Hi @Community Alums 

I've tried both ways you have mentioned and they are only mostly affecting height of the row.

[Piotr Kaminski]

OK I've actually found field styles working when applying width to the column but there is a limitation

"This width customization would not work if the number of columns on the list is high enough to make the horizontal scrollbar show up. Therefore the same style would show as getting applied on a wider screen and would not seem to take effect on a smaller screen."

This comes from https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0695430