diff --git a/web/css/vendor-overrides/gridjs.css b/web/css/vendor-overrides/gridjs.css
index d85ccf5..93b7a71 100644
--- a/web/css/vendor-overrides/gridjs.css
+++ b/web/css/vendor-overrides/gridjs.css
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@
     text-align: start;
   }
 
-  button.gridjs-sort {
-    height: 15px;
+  /* Match content line-height to sort button height (24px) for uniform th height */
+  th.gridjs-th .gridjs-th-content {
+    line-height: 24px;
   }
 
   th.gridjs-th-sort:hover,
diff --git a/web/js/core/app-grid-factory.js b/web/js/core/app-grid-factory.js
index bf4908d..09e87d6 100644
--- a/web/js/core/app-grid-factory.js
+++ b/web/js/core/app-grid-factory.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ const uniqueColumnId = (candidate, usedIds, fallbackPrefix = 'col') => {
   return next;
 };
 
+const DEFAULT_MIN_WIDTH = '100px';
+
 const normalizeGridColumns = (columns, sortColumns) => {
   const source = Array.isArray(columns) ? columns : [];
   const sortKeys = Array.isArray(sortColumns) ? sortColumns : [];
@@ -69,7 +71,11 @@ const normalizeGridColumns = (columns, sortColumns) => {
     const label = typeof baseColumn.name === 'string' ? baseColumn.name : '';
     const fallback = `col_${index + 1}`;
     const id = uniqueColumnId(explicitId || sortKey || label || fallback, usedIds, fallback);
-    return { ...baseColumn, id };
+
+    const skipMinWidth = baseColumn.hidden || baseColumn.plugin || baseColumn.minWidth;
+    const minWidth = skipMinWidth ? baseColumn.minWidth : DEFAULT_MIN_WIDTH;
+
+    return { ...baseColumn, id, ...(minWidth ? { minWidth } : {}) };
   });
 };