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[datatables] `fixedColumns` = true not working (columns resize when paginating)

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Description

Describe the bug

simple-datatables has it's option fixedColumns set to true by default, but it does not work.
When navigating through the pages, the column width's change.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to https://flowbite.com/docs/plugins/datatables/#table-pagination
  2. Click on the next page in datatable
  3. The width's of the columns change

Expected behavior
Datatables should have fixed columns by default, so when navigating column width of columns won't change.

Additional context

How this works is that simple-datatables calculates the width for each column and puts that in the header like:

<th style="width: 25.261780104712038%;">
    <span class="flex items-center">
        Model Name
    </span>
</th>

The issue is Flowbite adds:

.datatable-wrapper .datatable-table tbody td, .datatable-wrapper .datatable-table tbody th, .datatable-wrapper .datatable-table thead th {
    width: auto !important;
}

See https://github.com/themesberg/flowbite/blob/main/plugin.js#L710

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Research direction

Reproduce the pagination behavior at the Flowbite datatables example, then inspect plugin.js around line 710 and the related datatable styles. Confirm that the fix preserves simple-datatables' calculated column widths, and verify that widths remain unchanged when moving between pages.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css, javascript, tailwindcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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