diff --git a/src/ExtendedTableWidget.cpp b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.cpp
index 72d37e03..5f8d24cd 100644
--- a/src/ExtendedTableWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.cpp
@@ -117,3 +117,11 @@ int ExtendedTableWidget::numVisibleRows()
     // Calculate the number of visible rows
     return row_bottom - row_top;
 }
+
+QSet<int> ExtendedTableWidget::selectedCols()
+{
+    QSet<int> selectedCols;
+    foreach(const QModelIndex & idx, selectedIndexes())
+        selectedCols.insert(idx.column());
+    return selectedCols;
+}
diff --git a/src/ExtendedTableWidget.h b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.h
index cb1d515b..73b0bbb4 100644
--- a/src/ExtendedTableWidget.h
+++ b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <QTableView>
 #include "FilterTableHeader.h"
+#include <QSet>
 
 class ExtendedTableWidget : public QTableView
 {
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ public:
 
     FilterTableHeader* filterHeader() { return m_tableHeader; }
 
+public:
+    QSet<int> selectedCols();
+
 private:
     void copy();
     int numVisibleRows();
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 7276c276..b5c231b3 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1782,7 +1782,22 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionWebsite_triggered()
 
 void MainWindow::updateBrowseDataColumnWidth(int section, int /*old_size*/, int new_size)
 {
-    browseTableColumnWidths[ui->comboBrowseTable->currentText()][section] = new_size;
+    QSet<int> selectedCols(ui->dataTable->selectedCols());
+    QString tableName(ui->comboBrowseTable->currentText());
+    if (!selectedCols.contains(section))
+    {
+        browseTableColumnWidths[tableName][section] = new_size;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ui->dataTable->blockSignals(true);
+        foreach (int col, selectedCols)
+        {
+            ui->dataTable->setColumnWidth(col, new_size);
+            browseTableColumnWidths[tableName][col] = new_size;
+        }
+        ui->dataTable->blockSignals(false);
+    }
 }
 
 bool MainWindow::loadProject(QString filename)