diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aacb98999d..302fe9a2e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     Bug #5057: Weapon swing sound plays at same pitch whether it hits or misses
     Bug #5129: Stuttering animation on Centurion Archer
     Bug #5977: Fatigueless NPCs' corpse underwater changes animation on game load
+    Bug #6939: OpenMW-CS: ID columns are too short
     Feature #6945: Support S3TC-compressed and BGR/BGRA NiPixelData
 
 0.48.0
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp
index 58041af9fc..8466e88b17 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.cpp
@@ -96,3 +96,12 @@ CSMWorld::ColumnBase::Display CSVWorld::DragRecordTable::getIndexDisplayType(con
     }
     return CSMWorld::ColumnBase::Display_None;
 }
+
+int CSVWorld::DragRecordTable::sizeHintForColumn(int column) const
+{
+    // Prevent the column width from getting too long or too short
+    constexpr int minWidth = 100;
+    constexpr int maxWidth = 300;
+    int width = QTableView::sizeHintForColumn(column);
+    return std::clamp(width, minWidth, maxWidth);
+}
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.hpp
index 4b986f759a..b8a108b143 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dragrecordtable.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ namespace CSVWorld
 
             void dropEvent(QDropEvent *event) override;
 
+            int sizeHintForColumn(int column) const override;
+
         private:
             CSMWorld::ColumnBase::Display getIndexDisplayType(const QModelIndex &index) const;
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
index 8e2bc4250b..6a89d08a73 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ CSVWorld::Table::Table (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id,
 
     setModel (mProxyModel);
     horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode (QHeaderView::Interactive);
+    // The number is arbitrary but autoresize would be way too slow otherwise.
+    constexpr int autoResizePrecision = 500;
+    horizontalHeader()->setResizeContentsPrecision(autoResizePrecision);
+    resizeColumnsToContents();
     verticalHeader()->hide();
     setSelectionBehavior (QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
     setSelectionMode (QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);