# ccmake variable name column width

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/ccmake-variable-name-column-width/11143
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [July 1, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/ccmake-variable-name-column-width/11143 "2024-07-01T09:02:18Z")
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### Author: ![hebasto](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/hebasto/32/4713_2.png) [@hebasto](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/hebasto)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/ccmake-variable-name-column-width/11143/1 "2024-07-01T09:02:19Z")

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Is there a way to increase the variable name column width for the ccmake tool?

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### Author: ![sjoubert](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/sjoubert/32/110_2.png) [@sjoubert](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/sjoubert)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/ccmake-variable-name-column-width/11143/2 "2024-07-01T13:31:14Z")

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No, there is an issue regarding that: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22370](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22370)

I have an old branch ([https://gitlab.kitware.com/sjoubert/cmake/-/tree/ccmake-improve-cache-display](https://gitlab.kitware.com/sjoubert/cmake/-/tree/ccmake-improve-cache-display)) where I started addressing that and improving the ccmake display overall (with dynamic column name width add key entry to manually resize it) but I never got to finish it 😕