.save gives a very large picture with table only taking up a small fraction

[thomasfrederikhoeck]

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Description

.save gives a very large picture with table only taking up a small fraction

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When I run the following:

import polars as pl
from great_tables import GT

df = pl.DataFrame({"My very nice column":[1,2,4],"My other very nice column": [3,4,5]})
GT(df).save("plot.png")

it produces this image (notice all the whitespace).

Expected result

I would have exected the resulting image to be "zoomed" in (no whitespace).

Development environment

• Operating System: [e.g., Linux, macOS, Windows]
• great_tables Version: 0.1.13
• Windows
• selenium 4.26.1

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[machow]

Shoot, sorry this isn't capturing just the table. What browser and browser version are you using? There's some funkiness with how browsers reckon the size of the table that we try to work around :/.

[ritviksahajpal]

I have the same issue, I am using the latest Chrome version (130.0.6723.117). Related, is there a way to set the DPI of the image saved when using GT.save()? thanks for a great package btw!

[ritviksahajpal]

Getting the same error with edge as well

[thomasfrederikhoeck]

@machow weirdly , I don't see the error anymore :-) I'm using Chrome 130.0.6723.117 (64-bit) on Windows.

[HagaiHargil]

Hi, any updates on this? I also mentioned it in #424, at least for me this issue is still relevant.

Do you need further data? I just tested it on a fresh GT install with one of the examples from the Examples pages, and I received that same huge image when using .save().

[machow]

Hey, sorry for the wait. I'm trying to reproduce but not having any luck. Here is the version of chromium we use to validate in github actions:

Run browser-actions/setup-chrome@v1
Setup chrome latest
Attempting to download chrome latest...
Acquiring chrome 140[7](https://github.com/posit-dev/great-tables/actions/runs/12817429066/job/35740620347#step:4:8)490 from https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chromium-browser-snapshots/o/Linux_x64%2F1407490%2Fchrome-linux.zip?alt=media
Installing chrome...
/usr/bin/unzip -o -q /home/runner/work/_temp/bdce7a[8](https://github.com/posit-dev/great-tables/actions/runs/12817429066/job/35740620347#step:4:9)6-9ccf-443f-a967-5da2aebea521
Successfully Installed chromium to /opt/hostedtoolcache/setup-chrome/chromium/14074[9](https://github.com/posit-dev/great-tables/actions/runs/12817429066/job/35740620347#step:4:10)0/x64
/opt/hostedtoolcache/setup-chrome/chromium/1407490/x64/chrome --version

# VERSION HERE ----
Chromium 134.0.6962.0 
Successfully setup chromium 134.0.6962.0

If you're still having this issue, do you mind posting your version again? Sorry for the trouble nailing down screenshot issues. All the different browsers, versions, and their interactions with operating systems makes this a bit of a moving target 😓

[ritviksahajpal]

Thanks for looking into this, I am using Version 132.0.6834.84 (Official Build) (64-bit). Still encountering the same issue, unfortunately. Is there any workaround? I am using a Windows 11 Enterprise machine.