diff --git a/crates/csv_preview/src/csv_preview.rs b/crates/csv_preview/src/csv_preview.rs
index 5287a19f9f75039e19873096d09caa7f0082787e..a1b10feea074f6e42974528a65b2b14ff46592bc 100644
--- a/crates/csv_preview/src/csv_preview.rs
+++ b/crates/csv_preview/src/csv_preview.rs
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ impl CsvPreviewView {
         let cols = self.engine.contents.headers.cols() + 1;
         let line_number_width = self.calculate_row_identifier_column_width();
 
-        let mut widths: Vec<AbsoluteLength> =
-            vec![AbsoluteLength::Pixels(px(150.)); cols];
+        let mut widths: Vec<AbsoluteLength> = vec![AbsoluteLength::Pixels(px(150.)); cols];
         widths[0] = AbsoluteLength::Pixels(px(line_number_width));
 
         let mut resize_behaviors = vec![TableResizeBehavior::Resizable; cols];
@@ -70,6 +69,12 @@ impl CsvPreviewView {
         self.column_widths.widths.update(cx, |state, _cx| {
             if state.cols() != cols {
                 *state = ResizableColumnsState::new(cols, widths, resize_behaviors);
+            } else {
+                state.set_column_configuration(
+                    0,
+                    AbsoluteLength::Pixels(px(line_number_width)),
+                    TableResizeBehavior::None,
+                );
             }
         });
     }
@@ -172,8 +177,7 @@ impl CsvPreviewView {
                 column_widths: ColumnWidths::new(cx, 1),
                 parsing_task: None,
                 performance_metrics: PerformanceMetrics::default(),
-                list_state: gpui::ListState::new(contents.rows.len(), ListAlignment::Top, px(1.))
-                    .measure_all(),
+                list_state: gpui::ListState::new(contents.rows.len(), ListAlignment::Top, px(1.)),
                 settings: CsvPreviewSettings::default(),
                 last_parse_end_time: None,
                 engine: TableDataEngine::default(),
@@ -201,8 +205,7 @@ impl CsvPreviewView {
 
         // Update list state with filtered row count
         let visible_rows = self.engine.d2d_mapping().visible_row_count();
-        self.list_state = gpui::ListState::new(visible_rows, ListAlignment::Top, px(1.))
-            .measure_all();
+        self.list_state = gpui::ListState::new(visible_rows, ListAlignment::Top, px(100.));
     }
 
     pub fn resolve_active_item_as_csv_editor(
diff --git a/crates/csv_preview/src/settings.rs b/crates/csv_preview/src/settings.rs
index e627b3cc994a84f54268a05ba17534789f631fe0..9c64f6e9cfc8ff1cc570ffd9affbce1fd39eba23 100644
--- a/crates/csv_preview/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/csv_preview/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #[derive(Default, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum RowRenderMechanism {
-    /// Default behaviour
-    #[default]
-    VariableList,
-    /// More performance oriented, but all rows are same height
+    /// More correct for multiline content, but slower.
     #[allow(dead_code)] // Will be used when settings ui is added
+    VariableList,
+    /// Default behaviour for now while resizable columns are being stabilized.
+    #[default]
     UniformList,
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/components/data_table.rs b/crates/ui/src/components/data_table.rs
index 905c6290c1f2caea6b959bc453255854defc7a84..594cc188f5489e2901d1501aca3af36d5273fefd 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/components/data_table.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/components/data_table.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ impl ResizableColumnsState {
         cx.notify();
     }
 
+    pub fn set_column_configuration(
+        &mut self,
+        col_idx: usize,
+        width: impl Into<AbsoluteLength>,
+        resize_behavior: TableResizeBehavior,
+    ) {
+        let width = width.into();
+        self.initial_widths[col_idx] = width;
+        self.widths[col_idx] = width;
+        self.resize_behavior[col_idx] = resize_behavior;
+    }
+
     pub fn reset_column_to_initial_width(&mut self, col_idx: usize) {
         self.widths[col_idx] = self.initial_widths[col_idx];
     }