# What formatting opts are available for hv.Table?

**URL:** <https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660>\
**Category:** HoloViews\
**Created:** [August 12, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660 "2021-08-12T15:14:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![orome](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/orome/32/2439_2.png) [@orome](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/orome)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660/1 "2021-08-12T15:14:04Z")

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Are there formatting options available for `hv.Table` and if so where are they documented? I’ve tired using the options listed by `hv.help(hv.Table)` but things like

```python
hv.Table(ds.select(chains=(14, 21))).opts(opts.Table(fontsize=20))

```

have no effect.

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**Author:** ![Marc](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/marc/32/24_2.png) [@Marc](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/Marc)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660/2 "2021-08-14T14:20:37Z")

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Hi @orome

I tried searching the docs and and the web without luck. I can confirm that the options `fontsize` is documented but does not have any effect.

I believe there is a way by providing a custom html template with css. But that solution might not be what you are looking for.

You could report it as a bug on github as the documentation contains the `fontsize` but it does not have any effect. [Issues · holoviz/holoviews (github.com)](https://github.com/holoviz/holoviews/issues)

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**Author:** ![orome](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/orome/32/2439_2.png) [@orome](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/orome)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660/3 "2021-08-14T15:22:16Z")

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@Marc Yeah seems like a bug. I’ve tried a bunch of listed options and none do anything.

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**Author:** ![hmijail](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/hmijail/32/6499_2.png) [@hmijail](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/hmijail)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660/4 "2024-07-12T07:11:04Z")

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Ugh, not even the `backend_opts` escape hatch works with Tables! ☹

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**Author:** ![ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/ahuang11/32/4947_2.png) [@ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/ahuang11)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660/5 "2024-07-12T15:46:36Z")

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HoloViews tables are a bit hard to work with. Are you able to use Panel? If so there’s `pn.widgets.Tabulator` and `pn.pane.Perspective`

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**Author:** ![hmijail](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/hmijail/32/6499_2.png) [@hmijail](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/hmijail)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/what-formatting-opts-are-available-for-hv-table/2660/6 "2024-07-14T03:41:09Z")

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Thank you for the tip. I’m still experimenting, but it seems workable.

It’s somewhat confusing because I have multiple holoviews that share a legend for control; so to keep that legend working, the holoviews need to be laid out together before going into a panel, which is then laid out with the Tabulator. Still, once you know the pitfalls, it works.