PDF Export ignores table width settings #2773

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T05:09:16+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:09:16 +03:00

Originally created by @tvogt on GitHub (May 4, 2022).

Describe the Bug

When exporting a book/page as PDF, all columns have identical width, no matter what changes to width had been made in the WYSIWYG editor, resulting in a PDF that is visibly different from the on-screen page.

Steps to Reproduce

create a table
drag some column around to make them thinner or wider
"export to PDF"
look

Expected Behaviour

PDF export should honour table settings

Screenshots or Additional Context

No response

Browser Details

Firefox 99.0.1 (64-Bit) on MacOS 10.14.6

Exact BookStack Version

v22.04

PHP Version

No response

Hosting Environment

solidnerd docker container, installed via "docker compose up"

Originally created by @tvogt on GitHub (May 4, 2022). ### Describe the Bug When exporting a book/page as PDF, all columns have identical width, no matter what changes to width had been made in the WYSIWYG editor, resulting in a PDF that is visibly different from the on-screen page. ### Steps to Reproduce 1. create a table 2. drag some column around to make them thinner or wider 3. "export to PDF" 4. look ### Expected Behaviour PDF export should honour table settings ### Screenshots or Additional Context _No response_ ### Browser Details Firefox 99.0.1 (64-Bit) on MacOS 10.14.6 ### Exact BookStack Version v22.04 ### PHP Version _No response_ ### Hosting Environment solidnerd docker container, installed via "docker compose up"

OVERLORD added the 🐛 Bug :cat2:🐈 Possible duplicate labels 2026-02-05 05:09:16 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 05:09:21 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:09:27 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 4, 2022):

Thanks for raising @tvogt, but I'm going to close this off as a duplicate of existing issue #1280.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 4, 2022): Thanks for raising @tvogt, but I'm going to close this off as a duplicate of existing issue #1280.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:09:39 +03:00

@tvogt commented on GitHub (May 4, 2022):

You are correct. I searched but missed that existing issue.

@tvogt commented on GitHub (May 4, 2022): You are correct. I searched but missed that existing issue.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#2773