From 79ea236da0dce1d43fac1417fa18d2709c7369d0654f76f9174c14b6abd3ff1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkt <thomas.langer@destengs.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 13:40:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Markdown tables now have variable column width

---
 create_pod_espocrm.sh | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/create_pod_espocrm.sh b/create_pod_espocrm.sh
index 20749e7..ea68468 100755
--- a/create_pod_espocrm.sh
+++ b/create_pod_espocrm.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,51 @@ for i in $(seq 1 90); do
 done
 echo "EspoCRM responded with HTTP $code (rc=$?)"
 
+# --- GUI customization: variable column widths for Markdown tables -------------
+# Core CSS forces `table-layout: fixed; width: 100%` on `.complex-text table`,
+# giving every column an equal width. Register a custom CSS file via cssList so
+# those tables size columns to content (table-layout: auto). Created by this
+# provisioning script (on the persisted bind-mount) so it survives re-runs; the
+# rebuild step below refreshes the cached cssList metadata.
+podman exec "$WEB_CTR" sh -lc 'mkdir -p /var/www/html/client/custom/css /var/www/html/custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/app'
+podman exec -i "$WEB_CTR" sh -c 'cat > /var/www/html/client/custom/css/table-var-col.css' <<'CSSEOF'
+/**
+ * Variable column widths for Markdown tables in text fields.
+ *
+ * EspoCRM core CSS forces `table-layout: fixed; width: 100%` on
+ * `.complex-text table`, which makes all columns equally wide.
+ * `auto` lets columns size to content instead.
+ *
+ * Registered via custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/app/client.json (cssList).
+ */
+.complex-text table {
+    table-layout: auto !important;
+    width: auto !important;
+    max-width: 100% !important;
+}
+CSSEOF
+echo "Wrote client/custom/css/table-var-col.css (rc=$?)"
+
+# Merge the CSS path into cssList (idempotent; preserves other keys/entries and
+# keeps "__APPEND__" first). Uses the container's php so no host jq is required.
+podman exec "$WEB_CTR" php -r '
+  $file = "/var/www/html/custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/app/client.json";
+  $css  = "client/custom/css/table-var-col.css";
+  $data = is_file($file) ? json_decode(file_get_contents($file), true) : [];
+  if (!is_array($data)) { $data = []; }
+  $list = (isset($data["cssList"]) && is_array($data["cssList"])) ? $data["cssList"] : [];
+  $list = array_values(array_filter($list, function ($x) use ($css) { return $x !== "__APPEND__" && $x !== $css; }));
+  array_unshift($list, "__APPEND__");
+  $list[] = $css;
+  $data["cssList"] = $list;
+  file_put_contents($file, json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES) . "\n");
+'
+echo "Registered table-var-col.css in cssList (rc=$?)"
+
+# Match ownership of the other EspoCRM customization files (webserver user).
+podman exec "$WEB_CTR" chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/client/custom /var/www/html/custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata
+echo "Fixed ownership of customizations (rc=$?)"
+
 # Rebuild EspoCRM cache so customizations on the persisted bind-mount take effect
 # and the client cacheTimestamp is bumped (forces browsers to reload custom views,
 # e.g. custom field views like the signature image button). The image entrypoint