Column view going nuts

Hi there!
I'm having an annoying problem with my Finder.
When I have it in Column View and click on any item, any proceeding preview windows extend very far. Even if I shorten the windows manually, they don't seem to lock and they keep opening up very wide. It gets very annoying.
I hope that makes sense. Thanks!

You could try selecting the "option" key and then adjusting the column width. This works for me. I am using 10.4.9. These widths will lock to the size you select, and will be global, even after a restart. I have been using this setup for some time, and it seems to work fine. And you can always resize the columns, if you so choose.

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