src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/collaboration/app/CollaborationHome.java

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public final class CollaborationHome
          row.put("records", tag.getValueInteger("usageCount") == null ? 0 : tag.getValueInteger("usageCount"));
          rows.add(row);
       }
-      return (table("Tags", NO_TAGS, rows, column("Label", "label", "3fr", "left"), column("Table", "table", "2fr", "left"), column("Records", "records", "1fr", "right")));
+      return (table("Tags", NO_TAGS, rows, column("Label", "label", "left"), column("Table", "table", "left"), column("Records", "records", "right")));
    }
 
 
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ public final class CollaborationHome
          row.put("indexState", friendly(definition.getValueString("indexState")));
          rows.add(row);
       }
-      return (table("Custom fields", NO_FIELDS, rows, column("Name", "name", "3fr", "left"), column("Table", "table", "2fr", "left"),
-         column("Status", "status", "1fr", "left"), column("Index state", "indexState", "1fr", "left")));
+      return (table("Custom fields", NO_FIELDS, rows, column("Name", "name", "left"), column("Table", "table", "left"),
+         column("Status", "status", "left"), column("Index state", "indexState", "left")));
    }
 
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public final class CollaborationHome
             rows.add(row);
          });
       }
-      return (table("Who's here", admin ? NOBODY_HERE : PRESENCE_ADMIN_ONLY, rows, column("Table", "table", "3fr", "left"), column("People", "viewers", "1fr", "right")));
+      return (table("Who's here", admin ? NOBODY_HERE : PRESENCE_ADMIN_ONLY, rows, column("Table", "table", "left"), column("People", "viewers", "right")));
    }
 
 
@@ -267,9 +267,12 @@ public final class CollaborationHome
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** A plain column; the frontend styles it.
     *******************************************************************************/
-   private static TableData.Column column(String header, String accessor, String width, String align)
+   private static TableData.Column column(String header, String accessor, String align)
    {
-      return (new TableData.Column("default", header, accessor, width, align));
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // no width: frontends size the columns to fit narrow (390 px) cards //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      return (new TableData.Column("default", header, accessor, null, align));
    }
 
 

src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/collaboration/attachments/DeleteAttachmentsProcess.java

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
     *******************************************************************************/
    public static class Review extends AbstractTransformStep implements ProcessSummaryProviderInterface
    {
-      private final AttachmentsService service;
+      private AttachmentsService service;
       private final ProcessSummaryLine selected = line(Status.OK, "will be deleted", "deleted");
       private final ProcessSummaryLine skipped = line(Status.WARNING, "cannot be deleted (skipped)", "skipped");
 
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
        *******************************************************************************/
       public Review()
       {
-         this(new AttachmentsService());
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // no QContext here: QQQ constructs steps during context-free instance //
+         // validation, so the service is created on first use (in a run)       //
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         this(null);
       }
 
       /*******************************************************************************
@@ -112,6 +116,20 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
          this.service = service;
       }
 
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** The attachments service, created on first use inside a run (QContext exists).
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      private AttachmentsService service()
+      {
+         if(service == null)
+         {
+            service = new AttachmentsService();
+         }
+         return (service);
+      }
+
       /*******************************************************************************
        ** Dry run only; no object or row mutations.
        *******************************************************************************/
@@ -122,7 +140,7 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
          {
             try
             {
-               QRecord checked = service.requireMutable(row.getValue("id"));
+               QRecord checked = service().requireMutable(row.getValue("id"));
                output.getRecords().add(checked);
                selected.incrementCountAndAddPrimaryKey(checked.getValue("id"));
             }
@@ -151,7 +169,7 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
     *******************************************************************************/
    public static class Delete extends AbstractLoadStep implements ProcessSummaryProviderInterface
    {
-      private final AttachmentsService service;
+      private AttachmentsService service;
       private final ProcessSummaryLine deleted = line(Status.OK, "will be deleted", "deleted");
       private final ProcessSummaryLine failed = line(Status.ERROR, "could not be deleted", "could not be deleted (retry required)");
 
@@ -160,7 +178,11 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
        *******************************************************************************/
       public Delete()
       {
-         this(new AttachmentsService());
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // no QContext here: QQQ constructs steps during context-free instance //
+         // validation, so the service is created on first use (in a run)       //
+         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         this(null);
       }
 
       /*******************************************************************************
@@ -171,6 +193,20 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
          this.service = service;
       }
 
+
+
+      /*******************************************************************************
+       ** The attachments service, created on first use inside a run (QContext exists).
+       *******************************************************************************/
+      private AttachmentsService service()
+      {
+         if(service == null)
+         {
+            service = new AttachmentsService();
+         }
+         return (service);
+      }
+
       /*******************************************************************************
        ** Count success only after both storage and row deletion succeed.
        *******************************************************************************/
@@ -181,7 +217,7 @@ public final class DeleteAttachmentsProcess
          {
             try
             {
-               service.delete(List.of(row.getValue("id")));
+               service().delete(List.of(row.getValue("id")));
                deleted.incrementCountAndAddPrimaryKey(row.getValue("id"));
             }
             catch(QException | RuntimeException expected)

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/collaboration/CollaborationTest.java

@@ -228,6 +228,21 @@ class CollaborationTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Home tables leave column widths to the frontend, so narrow cards wrap
+    ** instead of scrolling sideways (issue #21).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void homeTablesHaveNoFixedColumnWidths() throws Exception
+   {
+      for(TableData table : java.util.List.of(CollaborationHome.tags(), CollaborationHome.fields(), CollaborationHome.presence()))
+      {
+         assertThat(table.getColumns()).isNotEmpty().allSatisfy(column -> assertThat(column.getWidth()).isNull());
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Empty states explain what has not been populated.
     *******************************************************************************/

src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/collaboration/attachments/AttachmentsServiceTest.java

@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ public class AttachmentsServiceTest extends PersonalServiceFixture
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Upload, metadata, newest-first list, signed download and deletion round trip.
     *******************************************************************************/
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The action steps can be constructed without a QContext, as QQQ does during
+    ** instance validation (issue #20); the service is created on first use.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void stepsConstructWithoutContext()
+   {
+      QContext.clear();
+      assertThat(new DeleteAttachmentsProcess.Review()).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(new DeleteAttachmentsProcess.Delete()).isNotNull();
+   }
+
+
+
    @Test
    void roundTrip() throws Exception
    {