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Please make the column headers resizeable vertically....the enhancement takes up 1/3 of the working space on the screen, I can barely see what I'm working on now.

It looks like the height adjusts to the char length of the column title and how narrow you've made the column, so when you have several narrow columns (like, for checkboxes) with any kind of heading title, it makes the vertical space huge and there's no way to adjust without shortening the column title or widening the columns. What was wrong with hovering over the column heading if it exceeded available space like before?

Hi all agree with all comments - you can reduce the annoying wide menu bar - far right look for the arrow up icon just below share button this grabs a bit of space back - but you then cannot see the name of your own sheet as that disappears too!! it does make you wonder if SS developers are actually SS users! like Jeff i am all in favour of improvements but not at the expense of usability - talk to users SS developers and not just the big Multi national users - we have zero support in the UK our local guy not interested and does not respond unless you are wanting to sign up for a training package of course!

@Sean Stran - you've analyzed the issues perfectly.

Here is a screenshot showing how much workspace is lost with the new design. New is on the left; old is on the right. At least two rows of content are lost with the new, inflexible design. In the old one, adjusting column widths would have solved some of the problem. Not so, now.

In both of these versions, the header rows could be reduced to give us more working space. Content is king. The UI is an assistant.

I too agree with everyone on this post. Why was this done? The headers on my sheets are 1 inch tall and I cannot make them smaller. There is so much wasted space at the top of the screen now that I cannot see all of my line items below. I never had to scroll down and now I do. A screenshot of just how big the headers are for me is below:

Why can't this be tested widely before launching into production.

Once again, Smartsheet, you failed us.

-Upset User

Hello all,

I wanted to let you know that we launched a small update yesterday that reduced the height of column headers by 6 pixels. This is the first of many changes to come that help you maximize the use of the grid.

Thank you for your patience as we continue to roll out adjustments. We appreciate your feedback.

"The release of the new Smartsheet experience was only made possible thanks to your overwhelming feedback and the support of our amazing Early Adopter Program members. Thank you all for your help!"

Don't try to place the blame for this hot mess on others.

Hello All. David Pessis here, Smartsheet’s VP of Product Management. First, thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share their feedback on our most recent release. Smartsheet takes customer feedback very seriously and we rely heavily on that feedback when making updates and changes to our product. 

I am happy to share that we will be releasing an update imminently that will address the excess vertical space within the column headers. While this did not make it in the initial release, we understand how important it is to give our customers as much space as possible within grid view, and have always planned to keep the column headers to a reasonable height.

In addition to the update to the column headers, we are working diligently to give you options to maximize the space used by data in the grid. Our goal is to have these updates to you as quickly as possible, and rest assured this is our top priority.

Please continue to submit to our enhancement request form with the knowledge that we do see and read every piece of feedback that is submitted. Please be on the look out for a response from Brendan with your private message inbox in Community.  Additionally, we will continue to monitor and capture all feedback we are seeing from our Community members.

Thank you for being Smartsheet customers, and we appreciate your feedback.