I am using the Kendo-UI Grid's resizeColumn method do change column widths programmatically (e.g., to distribute column widths by our own custom rules). I have noticed that doing so sometimes leads to unexpected results as demonstrated in this DOJO:

Assume a grid with two columns: one has a fixed size of 200px and the other has no explicit width set.

In the first example, we programmatically set the first column's width to 200px (which should not change anything since the column already is 200px wide. 

grid.resizeColumn(column, 200);

This works as expected.

In the second example, we programmatically set the first column's width first to 20px and then immediately to 200px. I would expect the final outcome to be the same, since the second column should compensate.

grid.resizeColumn(column, 20);
grid.resizeColumn(column, 200);

However, the second column does not shrink and the overall grid grows larger instead. Doing this repeatedly causes the columns to grow larger and larger over time.

Of course, this is a simplified example and I do not call resizeColumn() twice right after each other.