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@MartinodF MartinodF commented Feb 26, 2026

What is broken?

The current algorithm which calculates the first and last visible rows does not take into account content wrapping (and has a number of other problematic edge cases). This causes the table to overflow its height when text wraps:

--------------------------------------------
| One        | Two          | Three        |
--------------------------------------------
| This works | just fine    |              |
--------------------------------------------
| This row   |              |              |
| instead is |              |              |
| counted as |              |              |
| if it was  |              |              |
| 1 cell     |              |              |
| high       |              |              |
--------------------------------------------

In this example, if the table height was set anywhere between 7 and 11, the algorithm would think the second row fits and result in a table 12 cells high.

This is partially due to expandRowHeights not actually updating the rowHeights field on resizer (which means the algorithm does not have access to the row heights that have been calculated based on wrapping the contents), but also due to a simplified implementation which does not really try to take them into account.

What am I changing?

Rewrite the visible rows calculation to take content wrapping into account, making sure we consider the actual row height that will be used when rendering the table.

This has the following consequences:

  • Rows will not be included in the visible range if they won't fit after wrapping based on the calculated column widths.
  • To avoid being able to scroll past the end of the table, the algorithm will also adjust the first visible row if necessary to fill the available height once the yOffset allows the last row to be visible.

Note that all previous tests still pass with the exception of a single one (TestTableShrinkWithYOffset) which actually relied on the previous yOffset behavior: the old algorithm with the given offset of 80 and a height of 45 would show rows 81-100, while the new one shows rows 80-100 because 80 actually fits in the given height.

Since we are using this in a TUI, add an AdaptiveOverflow option which forces the (potential) overflow row to occupy all of the remaining height, ensuring the table actually respects the provided height instead of treating it as a maximum when hiding certain rows. This means we can use the table in a grid-like layout without creating gaps which depend on the height of the visible rows.

  • If the option is disabled, the overflow row will inherit the height of the row which would've been rendered there (as it did prior to this change)
  • If the option is enabled, the overflow row (when present) will take up exactly as much space as needed for the table to match the provided height.

I added tests covering both aspects: they would fail with the previous broken implementation and they now pass, and they also test the new adaptive overflow behavior.

Sorry I've skipped creating a discussion, but I consider this to mainly be a bugfix rather than a new feature. If you feel strongly against the adaptive overflow feature or about its naming, happy to change this.

  • I have read CONTRIBUTING.md.
  • I have created a discussion that was approved by a maintainer (for new features).

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@andreynering anything I can do to help review this?

The current algorithm which calculates the first and last visible rows
does not take into account content wrapping (and has a number of other
problematic edge cases).

This is partially due to `expandRowHeights` actually not updating
`rowHeights`, but also due to a simplified implementation which does not
try to take them into account.

- Rewrite the visible rows calculation to take content wrapping into
  account, making sure we consider the actual row height that will be
  used when rendering the table.
- Add an `AdaptiveOverflow` option which forces the (potential) overflow
  row to occupy all of the remaining height, ensuring the table actually
  respects the provided height instead of treating it as a maximum when
  hiding certain rows (this is particularly useful in TUIs where you may
  not want a gap in the interface).
@MartinodF MartinodF force-pushed the fix-table-viewport branch from 5401287 to cd29d59 Compare March 10, 2026 09:23
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Hi @MartinodF.

This is an awesome patch. Thank you so much! ❤️

You'll notice I pushed a few commits. Had to fix formatting with gofumpt and linting.

Also, I removed the AdaptiveOverflow option for now. We think the behavior would be a bit inconsistent, because the table height would be respected when there is an overflow, but not when there isn't more rows to show (last row visible).

Do you mind opening a separate issue on this topic for discussion?

With regard to the remaining fixes, we're going to release that soon. 🙂

@andreynering andreynering merged commit c289bad into charmbracelet:main Mar 11, 2026
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Shipped as v2.0.2.

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Hi @MartinodF.

This is an awesome patch. Thank you so much! ❤️

You'll notice I pushed a few commits. Had to fix formatting with gofumpt and linting.

Thanks! I'll check why my IDE hadn't picked up on format and linting 🙂

Also, I removed the AdaptiveOverflow option for now. We think the behavior would be a bit inconsistent, because the table height would be respected when there is an overflow, but not when there isn't more rows to show (last row visible).

Do you mind opening a separate issue on this topic for discussion?

Yeah I agree, I myself was a bit conflicted about this behavior. I guess I wanted to commit the code just so the right overflow height calculation is captured somewhere, as it took a bit to get it right, but it isn't super polished as a feature. On the plus side we have been using it internally for a couple of weeks now and it does work correctly.

I'll open a discussion once I have a moment!

With regard to the remaining fixes, we're going to release that soon. 🙂

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[@&#8203;MartinodF](https://github.com/MartinodF) made a good job on improving it even further for tricky edge cases, in particular when content wrapping is enabled.

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