diff --git a/src/columnresizing.ts b/src/columnresizing.ts
index 34458ac1..a8a4ec1b 100644
--- a/src/columnresizing.ts
+++ b/src/columnresizing.ts
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ function handleMouseDown(
     }
   }
 
+  displayColumnWidth(view, pluginState.activeHandle, width, defaultCellMinWidth);
+
   win.addEventListener('mouseup', finish);
   win.addEventListener('mousemove', move);
   event.preventDefault();
@@ -397,6 +399,12 @@ export function handleDecorations(
       const pos = start + cellPos + table.nodeAt(cellPos)!.nodeSize - 1;
       const dom = document.createElement('div');
       dom.className = 'column-resize-handle';
+      if (columnResizingPluginKey.getState(state)?.dragging) {
+        decorations.push(Decoration.node(start + cellPos, start + cellPos + table.nodeAt(cellPos)!.nodeSize, {
+          class: 'column-resize-dragging'
+        }));
+      }
+      
       decorations.push(Decoration.widget(pos, dom));
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/tableview.ts b/src/tableview.ts
index c9c50f21..3253d0b4 100644
--- a/src/tableview.ts
+++ b/src/tableview.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class TableView implements NodeView {
     this.dom = document.createElement('div');
     this.dom.className = 'tableWrapper';
     this.table = this.dom.appendChild(document.createElement('table'));
+    this.table.style.setProperty('--default-cell-min-width', `${defaultCellMinWidth}px`);
     this.colgroup = this.table.appendChild(document.createElement('colgroup'));
     updateColumnsOnResize(node, this.colgroup, this.table, defaultCellMinWidth);
     this.contentDOM = this.table.appendChild(document.createElement('tbody'));
@@ -68,14 +69,10 @@ export function updateColumnsOnResize(
       if (!nextDOM) {
         const col = document.createElement('col');
         col.style.width = cssWidth;
-        col.style.minWidth = cssWidth.length ? '' : defaultCellMinWidth + 'px';
         colgroup.appendChild(col);
       } else {
         if (nextDOM.style.width != cssWidth) {
           nextDOM.style.width = cssWidth;
-          nextDOM.style.minWidth = cssWidth.length
-            ? ''
-            : defaultCellMinWidth + 'px';
         }
         nextDOM = nextDOM.nextSibling as HTMLElement;
       }
diff --git a/style/tables.css b/style/tables.css
index 9dd62171..3a9099e7 100644
--- a/style/tables.css
+++ b/style/tables.css
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
   box-sizing: border-box;
   position: relative;
 }
+
+.ProseMirror td:not([colwidth]):not(.column-resize-dragging),
+.ProseMirror th:not([colwidth]):not(.column-resize-dragging) {
+  /* if there's no explicit width set and the column is not being resized, set a default width */
+  min-width: var(--default-cell-min-width);
+}
+
 .ProseMirror .column-resize-handle {
   position: absolute;
   right: -2px;