diff --git a/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py b/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py
index d80c3f1..5a1b962 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py
+++ b/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py
@@ -1007,21 +1007,20 @@ class TomoQueueDialog(QDialog):
         vbox = QVBoxLayout(self)
         vbox.setSpacing(6)
 
-        self._table = QTableWidget(0, 9)
+        self._table = QTableWidget(0, 8)
         self._table.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(
-            [
-                "#",
-                "Label",
-                "Status",
-                "Type",
-                "Projections",
-                "Exp (s)",
-                "Step (µm)",
-                "Details",
-                "Added at",
-            ]
+            ["#", "Label", "Status", "Type", "Projections", "Exp (s)", "Step (µm)", "Details"]
         )
-        self._table.horizontalHeader().setSectionResizeMode(QHeaderView.ResizeMode.Stretch)
+        # Short, fixed-content columns auto-fit to their text; Label and
+        # Details -- the two that can hold long text (a custom label, or a
+        # multi-step command summary) -- stretch to fill the remaining width
+        # instead of being squeezed to the same share as "Type" or "Exp (s)".
+        # "Added at" was dropped as a column; it's still in the row tooltip.
+        header = self._table.horizontalHeader()
+        for col in (0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6):
+            header.setSectionResizeMode(col, QHeaderView.ResizeMode.ResizeToContents)
+        header.setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView.ResizeMode.Stretch)
+        header.setSectionResizeMode(7, QHeaderView.ResizeMode.Stretch)
         self._table.setSelectionBehavior(QTableWidget.SelectionBehavior.SelectRows)
         self._table.setEditTriggers(QTableWidget.EditTrigger.NoEditTriggers)
         self._table.itemSelectionChanged.connect(self._update_sort_buttons)
@@ -1080,7 +1079,6 @@ class TomoQueueDialog(QDialog):
                     "",
                     "",
                     _format_command_summary(job),
-                    job.get("added_at", ""),
                 ]
             else:
                 params = job.get("params", {})
@@ -1093,12 +1091,19 @@ class TomoQueueDialog(QDialog):
                     _fmt_num(params.get("tomo_countingtime")),
                     _fmt_num(params.get("tomo_shellstep")),
                     "",
-                    job.get("added_at", ""),
                 ]
             tooltip = _job_tooltip(job)
             for col, text in enumerate(cells):
                 item = QTableWidgetItem(text)
-                item.setTextAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignCenter)
+                # Label/Details are now wide, free-text columns -- left-align
+                # them like normal text instead of centering, which reads
+                # oddly once there's room on both sides.
+                if col in (1, 7):
+                    item.setTextAlignment(
+                        Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignVCenter
+                    )
+                else:
+                    item.setTextAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignCenter)
                 if col == 2:
                     item.setForeground(_color_from_hex(color))
                 item.setToolTip(tooltip)