JabRef 5.1--2020-04-23--bbea7df
Linux 5.5.17-200.fc31.x86_64 amd64
Java 14.0.1

I'm always frustrated when I open jabref and the columns have columns widths that I have to fiddle with.

Describe the solution you'd like
I want to have a slightly more (advanced/extended) entry table columns specification in the Preferences. At the moment that preference panel only configures the Name of the column. I want to see three configurable columns

• Name (as is; but see custom entry table columns with multiple fields not organised by order #6263)
• width (in percentage or something like pixels)
• fix width (checkboxes that when activated fix that column absolute or relative width)

The initial values for width should be read from the current state of widths in the entry table.

I believe that this improvement would also reinstate a feature that was enabled in an earlier incarnation of jabref: define default widths for columns and retrieve values from the current layout of the columns.