diff --git a/cwidgets/compact/header.go b/cwidgets/compact/header.go
index 19f7fb0..6dbd298 100644
--- a/cwidgets/compact/header.go
+++ b/cwidgets/compact/header.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type CompactHeader struct {
 }
 
 func NewCompactHeader() *CompactHeader {
-	fields := []string{"", "NAME", "CID", "CPU", "MEM", "NET RX/TX", "IO R/W", "Pids"}
+	fields := []string{"", "NAME", "CID", "CPU", "MEM", "NET RX/TX", "IO R/W", "PIDS"}
 	ch := &CompactHeader{}
 	ch.Height = 2
 	for _, f := range fields {
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ func (ch *CompactHeader) GetHeight() int {
 
 func (ch *CompactHeader) SetWidth(w int) {
 	x := ch.X
-	autoWidth := calcWidth(w, 7)
+	autoWidth := calcWidth(w)
 	for n, col := range ch.pars {
-		// set status column to static width
-		if n == 0 {
+		// set column to static width
+		if colWidths[n] != 0 {
 			col.SetX(x)
-			col.SetWidth(statusWidth)
-			x += statusWidth
+			col.SetWidth(colWidths[n])
+			x += colWidths[n]
 			continue
 		}
 		col.SetX(x)
diff --git a/cwidgets/compact/main.go b/cwidgets/compact/main.go
index b1764ea..b0d2d27 100644
--- a/cwidgets/compact/main.go
+++ b/cwidgets/compact/main.go
@@ -99,13 +99,12 @@ func (row *Compact) SetWidth(width int) {
 		return
 	}
 	x := row.X
-	autoWidth := calcWidth(width, 7)
+	autoWidth := calcWidth(width)
 	for n, col := range row.all() {
-		// set status column to static width
-		if n == 0 {
+		if colWidths[n] != 0 {
 			col.SetX(x)
-			col.SetWidth(statusWidth)
-			x += statusWidth
+			col.SetWidth(colWidths[n])
+			x += colWidths[n]
 			continue
 		}
 		col.SetX(x)
diff --git a/cwidgets/compact/util.go b/cwidgets/compact/util.go
index 356b9a0..b378209 100644
--- a/cwidgets/compact/util.go
+++ b/cwidgets/compact/util.go
@@ -9,10 +9,29 @@ import (
 
 const colSpacing = 1
 
-// Calculate per-column width, given total width and number of items
-func calcWidth(width, items int) int {
-	spacing := colSpacing * items
-	return (width - statusWidth - spacing) / items
+// per-column width. 0 == auto width
+var colWidths = []int{
+	3, // status
+	0, // name
+	0, // cid
+	0, // cpu
+	0, // memory
+	0, // net
+	0, // io
+	4, // pids
+}
+
+// Calculate per-column width, given total width
+func calcWidth(width int) int {
+	spacing := colSpacing * len(colWidths)
+	var staticCols int
+	for _, w := range colWidths {
+		width -= w
+		if w == 0 {
+			staticCols += 1
+		}
+	}
+	return (width - spacing) / staticCols
 }
 
 func centerParText(p *ui.Par) {