diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx b/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx
index 4f64a5116a..ef73f382fb 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const TYPING_TIMEOUT = 1000;
 const MINIMUM_ROW_HEIGHT = 20; // px
 const RESIZER_WIDTH = 5; // px
 const COLUMN_MIN_WIDTH = 20;
-const COLUMN_PADDING = 10; // N.B. MUST BE INLINE WITH CSS!!!
+const COLUMN_PADDING = 16; // N.B. MUST BE INLINE WITH CSS!!!
 
 const noop = () => 0;
 
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ class VirtualizedTable extends React.Component {
 		staticColumns: PropTypes.bool,
 		// Used for initial column widths calculation
 		containerWidth: PropTypes.number,
+		firstColumnExtraWidth: PropTypes.number,
 
 		// Internal windowed-list ref
 		treeboxRef: PropTypes.func,
@@ -848,8 +849,8 @@ class VirtualizedTable extends React.Component {
 			offset += resizingRect.width;
 		}
 		const widthSum = aRect.width + bRect.width;
-		const aSpacingOffset = (aColumn.minWidth ? aColumn.minWidth : COLUMN_MIN_WIDTH) + COLUMN_PADDING;
-		const bSpacingOffset = (bColumn.minWidth ? bColumn.minWidth : COLUMN_MIN_WIDTH) + COLUMN_PADDING;
+		const aSpacingOffset = (aColumn.minWidth ? aColumn.minWidth : COLUMN_MIN_WIDTH) + (aColumn.noPadding ? 0 : COLUMN_PADDING);
+		const bSpacingOffset = (bColumn.minWidth ? bColumn.minWidth : COLUMN_MIN_WIDTH) + (bColumn.noPadding ? 0 : COLUMN_PADDING);
 		const aColumnWidth = Math.min(widthSum - bSpacingOffset, Math.max(aSpacingOffset, event.clientX - (RESIZER_WIDTH / 2) - offset));
 		const bColumnWidth = widthSum - aColumnWidth;
 		let onResizeData = {};
@@ -1425,6 +1426,12 @@ var Columns = class {
 			if (column.type) {
 				column.className += ` cell-${column.type}`;
 			}
+			if (column.fixedWidth) {
+				column.originalWidth = column.width;
+			}
+			if (column.staticWidth) {
+				column.originalMinWidth = column.minWidth || 20;
+			}
 			columns.push(column);
 		}
 		// Sort columns by their `ordinal` field
@@ -1456,6 +1463,7 @@ var Columns = class {
 		// Storing back persist settings to account for legacy upgrades
 		this._storePrefs(columnsSettings);
 
+		this._adjustColumnWidths();
 		// Set column width CSS rules
 		this.onResize(columnWidths);
 		// Whew, all this just to get a list of columns
@@ -1520,6 +1528,24 @@ var Columns = class {
 		this._virtualizedTable.props.storeColumnPrefs(prefs);
 	}
 
+	_adjustColumnWidths = () => {
+		if (!this._virtualizedTable.props.firstColumnExtraWidth) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const extraWidth = this._virtualizedTable.props.firstColumnExtraWidth;
+		this._columns.filter(c => !c.hidden).forEach((column, index) => {
+			const isFirstColumn = index === 0;
+			if (column.fixedWidth) {
+				column.width = isFirstColumn ? parseInt(column.originalWidth) + extraWidth : column.originalWidth;
+			}
+			if (column.staticWidth) {
+				column.minWidth = isFirstColumn ? (column.originalMinWidth ?? 20) + extraWidth : column.originalMinWidth;
+				column.width = isFirstColumn ? Math.max(parseInt(column.width) ?? 0, column.minWidth) : column.width;
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
 	/**
 	 * Programatically sets the injected CSS width rules for each column.
 	 * This is necessary for performance reasons
@@ -1530,8 +1556,7 @@ var Columns = class {
 		if (storePrefs) {
 			var prefs = this._getPrefs();
 		}
-		const header = document.querySelector(`#${this._styleKey} .virtualized-table-header`);
-		const headerWidth = header ? header.getBoundingClientRect().width : 300;
+
 		for (let [dataKey, width] of Object.entries(columnWidths)) {
 			if (typeof dataKey == "number") {
 				dataKey = this._columns[dataKey].dataKey;
@@ -1569,6 +1594,10 @@ var Columns = class {
 			if (a.ordinal == b.ordinal) return a == column ? -1 : 1;
 			return a.ordinal - b.ordinal;
 		});
+
+		this._adjustColumnWidths();
+		this.onResize(Object.fromEntries(this._columns.map(c => [c.dataKey, c.width])));
+
 		let prefs = this._getPrefs();
 		// reassign columns their ordinal values and set the prefs
 		this._columns.forEach((column, index) => {
@@ -1596,6 +1625,8 @@ var Columns = class {
 			}
 		}
 		this._columns.sort((a, b) => a.ordinal - b.ordinal);
+		this._adjustColumnWidths();
+		this.onResize(Object.fromEntries(this._columns.map(c => [c.dataKey, c.width])));
 		this._storePrefs(prefs);
 		this._updateVirtualizedTable();
 	}
@@ -1608,6 +1639,8 @@ var Columns = class {
 		if (prefs[column.dataKey]) {
 			prefs[column.dataKey].hidden = column.hidden;
 		}
+		this._adjustColumnWidths();
+		this.onResize(Object.fromEntries(this._columns.map(c => [c.dataKey, c.width])));
 		this._storePrefs(prefs);
 		this._updateVirtualizedTable();
 	}
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/itemTree.jsx b/chrome/content/zotero/itemTree.jsx
index 9f325bdae7..6f3cae3854 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/itemTree.jsx
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/itemTree.jsx
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ var ItemTree = class ItemTree extends LibraryTree {
 					storeColumnPrefs: this._storeColumnPrefs,
 					getDefaultColumnOrder: this._getDefaultColumnOrder,
 					containerWidth: this.domEl.clientWidth,
+					firstColumnExtraWidth: 28, // 16px for twisty + 16px for icon - 8px column padding + 4px margin
 
 					multiSelect: true,
 
@@ -2720,6 +2721,10 @@ var ItemTree = class ItemTree extends LibraryTree {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (column.noPadding) {
+			cell.classList.add('no-padding');
+		}
+
 		if (isFirstColumn) {
 			// Add depth indent, twisty and icon
 			const depth = this.getLevel(index);
@@ -3163,7 +3168,7 @@ var ItemTree = class ItemTree extends LibraryTree {
 			}
 			this._columns.push(column);
 		}
-		
+
 		return this._columns.sort((a, b) => a.ordinal - b.ordinal);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/itemTreeColumns.jsx b/chrome/content/zotero/itemTreeColumns.jsx
index 5a9d8ef165..7978e9cf9c 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/itemTreeColumns.jsx
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/itemTreeColumns.jsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const Icons = require('components/icons');
  * @property {string} [width] - A column width instead of flex ratio. See above.
  * @property {boolean} [fixedWidth] - Default: false. Set to true to disable column resizing
  * @property {boolean} [staticWidth] - Default: false. Set to true to prevent columns from changing width when the width of the tree increases or decreases
+ * @property {boolean} [noPadding] - Set to true for columns with padding disabled in stylesheet
  * @property {number} [minWidth] - Override the default [20px] column min-width for resizing
  * @property {React.Component} [iconLabel] - Set an Icon label instead of a text-based one
  * @property {string} [iconPath] - Set an Icon path, overrides {iconLabel}
@@ -337,7 +338,8 @@ const COLUMNS = [
 		label: "zotero.tabs.attachments.label",
 		iconLabel: <Icons.IconAttachSmall />,
 		fixedWidth: true,
-		width: "16",
+		width: "32",
+		noPadding: true,
 		zoteroPersist: ["hidden", "sortDirection"]
 	},
 	{
@@ -346,9 +348,10 @@ const COLUMNS = [
 		showInColumnPicker: true,
 		label: "zotero.tabs.notes.label",
 		iconLabel: <Icons.IconTreeitemNoteSmall />,
-		width: "14",
-		minWidth: 14,
+		width: "26",
+		minWidth: 26,
 		staticWidth: true,
+		noPadding: true,
 		zoteroPersist: ["width", "hidden", "sortDirection"]
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/scss/components/_item-tree.scss b/scss/components/_item-tree.scss
index 83f356cf9a..848ce1a576 100644
--- a/scss/components/_item-tree.scss
+++ b/scss/components/_item-tree.scss
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
 		padding-inline-end: calc(8px + var(--scrollbar-width, 0px));
 		box-sizing: border-box;
 
+		.cell.hasAttachment,
+		.cell.numNotes {
+			padding: 0;
+			text-align: center;
+
+			&.first-column {
+				padding-inline-start: 32px;
+			}
+		}
+
 		.first-column {
 			&::before {
 				content: "";
@@ -149,19 +159,35 @@
 				margin-inline-start: 3px;
 			}
 		}
+
+		.cell.no-padding {
+			padding: 0;
+		}
 		
 		.cell.hasAttachment {
-			box-sizing: content-box;
-			// Don't show ellipsis
 			text-overflow: unset;
+			align-items: center;
+			display: flex;
+			justify-content: center;
+
+			.cell-text {
+				text-overflow: unset;
+				align-items: center;
+				display: flex;
+				justify-content: center;
+			}
 			
 			.icon-missing-file {
 				opacity: 0.4;
 			}
 		}
 		
-		.cell.numNotes {
+		.numNotes, .hasAttachment {
 			text-align: center;
+
+			.cell-text {
+				text-align: center;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scss/components/_virtualized-table.scss b/scss/components/_virtualized-table.scss
index 950d1a968a..73a7584bf4 100644
--- a/scss/components/_virtualized-table.scss
+++ b/scss/components/_virtualized-table.scss
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@
 				overflow: hidden;
 
 				&:not(:first-child) {
-					margin-inline-start: 4px;
+					@include state(".cell.first-column:not(.hasAttachment)") {
+						margin-inline-start: 4px;
+					}
 				}
 			}