diff --git a/place.go b/place.go
index 27fc9e4..00107b5 100644
--- a/place.go
+++ b/place.go
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 	return 0, 0
 }
 
+func (tk *guiWidget) isDense() bool {
+	if tk.node.InTable() {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return tk.isWindowDense()
+}
+
 func (tk *guiWidget) isWindowDense() bool {
 	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
 		return tk.window.dense
@@ -193,8 +201,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) placeGrid(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
 
-	dense := w.isWindowDense()
-
 	w.full.w0 = startW
 	w.full.h0 = startH
 
@@ -209,7 +215,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) placeGrid(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 		if w.heights[child.GridH()] < childH {
 			w.heights[child.GridH()] = childH
 		}
-		if dense {
+		if child.isDense() {
 			if w.heights[child.GridH()] > 0 {
 				w.heights[child.GridH()] = 1
 			} else {