Resize Property Columns

You can manually change the width of a property column in a database table by resizing it in column properties view. For example, you can widen the Datatype column if it contains user-defined data type names that are too long to see in their entirety. You can also automatically resize a property column to fit its widest entry.

Manually change the width of a property column

1. Click Database Diagrams   under Objects, click the database diagram you want to open, and then click Design on the Database window toolbar.
2. In your database diagram, select the table whose property columns you want to resize.
3. Position the pointer along the right border of the column header for the column that you want to resize. The cursor changes from an arrow to a splitter pointer .
4. Drag the column border to the left to reduce its width or to the right to increase its width.
5. Release the mouse button.

Resize a property column to fit the widest entry

1. In the Database window, click Database Diagrams   under Objects, click the database diagram you want to open, and then click Design on the Database window toolbar.
2. In your database diagram, select the table whose columns you want to resize.
3. If necessary, right-click the table, and then click Column Properties or Custom View.
4. Position the pointer along the right border of the column header for the column that you want to resize. The cursor changes from an arrow to a splitter pointer .
5. Double-click the splitter pointer.

   Note   You can also resize property columns in Custom view for any columns you have chosen to display in this view.