Default column widths aren't very good

[zarino]

SlickGrid provides very little control over automatic column sizing. You can either set them all to be 100 pixels wide, or set them all to expand an equal amount until they fill the container.

Ideally, columns should expand just enough to fit their contents.

[zarino]

This might come in useful at some point: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3082243/how-to-specify-the-width-of-a-slick-grid-in-percentage

[frabcus]

Yep - also all these criticisms will change if you pick a different grid :)

[pwaller]

Closing, ancient history.