[improvement]: change column distribution priority for table view
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Summary
The issue
When using the table view, the "State" column will always fill the available space, even though its content is often narrower than some of the other columns.
For instance: in the below screenshot, the State column is taking up almost half of the space on my ultrawide screen, but the Work Item titles are getting truncated and Work Items with more than 1 label only show "2 labels". I would much rather see the full titles or all labels than have all this whitespace in the State column.
Suggested solution
Re-evaluate which column's should "grow" to fill the available space based on expected content length and information importance instead of defaulting to the State column.
I know the same problems were mentioned in #5359, but the suggested solution there is more complex.
Why should this be worked on?
It would make the table view much more useful if users wouldn't have to open Work Items to see all the labels or the full title of the Work Item.
Having a table view which consists of almost 50% whitespace on very wide viewports can also cause frustration for users (at least in my compnay), which can be avoided by changing which columns get to use the available space.
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