diff --git a/css/grid.css b/css/grid.css
index c0439459..3d7d9b1a 100644
--- a/css/grid.css
+++ b/css/grid.css
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@
   * (Data) Grid
   *********************************************************/
 
+table.recline-grid {
+  table-layout: fixed;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
 .recline-grid .btn-group .dropdown-toggle {
   padding: 1px 3px;
   line-height: auto;
 }
 
-.recline-grid {
-  border: 1px solid #ccc;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-
 .recline-grid td, .recline-grid th {
   border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
   padding: 3px 4px;
   text-align: left;
+  word-wrap: break-word;
+  white-space: normal;
 }
 
 .recline-grid td {
@@ -26,6 +28,14 @@
   width: 20px;
 }
 
+.recline-grid tbody tr:last-child {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+}
+
+.recline-grid tbody td:last-child {
+  border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
+}
+
 /* direct borrowing from twitter buttons */
 .recline-grid th,
 .transform-column-view .expression-preview-table-wrapper th
@@ -53,6 +63,42 @@
   transition: 0.1s linear all;
 }
 
+/**********************************************************
+  * Fixed Header - http://www.imaputz.com/cssStuff/bigFourVersion.html
+  *********************************************************/
+
+div.table-container {
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+
+/* Reset overflow value to hidden for all non-IE browsers. */
+html>body div.table-container {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+/* set table header to a fixed position. WinIE 6.x only                                       */
+/* In WinIE 6.x, any element with a position property set to relative and is a child of       */
+/* an element that has an overflow property set, the relative value translates into fixed.    */
+/* Ex: parent element DIV with a class of table-container has an overflow property set to auto */
+thead.fixed-header tr {
+  position: relative
+}
+
+/* set THEAD element to have block level attributes. All other non-IE browsers            */
+/* this enables overflow to work on TBODY element. All other non-IE, non-Mozilla browsers */
+html>body thead.fixed-header tr {
+  display: block
+}
+
+/* define the table content to be scrollable                                              */
+/* set TBODY element to have block level attributes. All other non-IE browsers            */
+/* this enables overflow to work on TBODY element. All other non-IE, non-Mozilla browsers */
+/* induced side effect is that child TDs no longer accept width: auto                     */
+tbody.scrollContent {
+  display: block;
+  max-height: 500px;
+  overflow: auto;
+}
 
 /**********************************************************
   * Data Table Menus
diff --git a/src/view-grid.js b/src/view-grid.js
index fc158723..eff00da6 100644
--- a/src/view-grid.js
+++ b/src/view-grid.js
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ my.Grid = Backbone.View.extend({
   // ======================================================
   // #### Templating
   template: ' \
+    <div class="table-container"> \
     <table class="recline-grid table-striped table-condensed" cellspacing="0"> \
-      <thead> \
+      <thead class="fixed-header"> \
         <tr> \
           {{#notEmpty}} \
             <th class="column-header"> \
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ my.Grid = Backbone.View.extend({
             </th> \
           {{/notEmpty}} \
           {{#fields}} \
-            <th class="column-header {{#hidden}}hidden{{/hidden}}" data-field="{{id}}"> \
+            <th class="column-header {{#hidden}}hidden{{/hidden}}" data-field="{{id}}" style="width: {{width}}px;"> \
               <div class="btn-group column-header-menu"> \
                 <a class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="icon-cog"></i><span class="caret"></span></a> \
                 <ul class="dropdown-menu data-table-menu pull-right"> \
@@ -163,17 +164,24 @@ my.Grid = Backbone.View.extend({
               <span class="column-header-name">{{label}}</span> \
             </th> \
           {{/fields}} \
+          <th class="last-header" style="width: {{lastHeaderWidth}}px; padding: 0; margin: 0;"></th> \
         </tr> \
       </thead> \
-      <tbody></tbody> \
+      <tbody class="scrollContent"></tbody> \
     </table> \
+    </div> \
   ',
 
   toTemplateJSON: function() {
+    var self = this; 
     var modelData = this.model.toJSON();
     modelData.notEmpty = ( this.fields.length > 0 );
     // TODO: move this sort of thing into a toTemplateJSON method on Dataset?
-    modelData.fields = _.map(this.fields, function(field) { return field.toJSON(); });
+    modelData.fields = _.map(this.fields, function(field) {
+      return field.toJSON();
+    });
+    // last header width = scroll bar - border (2px) */
+    modelData.lastHeaderWidth = this.scrollbarDimensions.width - 2;
     return modelData;
   },
   render: function() {
@@ -181,6 +189,20 @@ my.Grid = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.fields = this.model.fields.filter(function(field) {
       return _.indexOf(self.state.get('hiddenFields'), field.id) == -1;
     });
+    this.scrollbarDimensions = this.scrollbarDimensions || this._scrollbarSize(); // skip measurement if already have dimensions
+    var numFields = this.fields.length;
+    // compute field widths (-20 for first menu col + 10px for padding on each col and finally 16px for the scrollbar)
+    var fullWidth = self.el.width() - 20 - 10 * numFields - this.scrollbarDimensions.width;
+    var width = parseInt(Math.max(50, fullWidth / numFields));
+    var remainder = fullWidth - numFields * width;
+    _.each(this.fields, function(field, idx) {
+      // add the remainder to the first field width so we make up full col
+      if (idx == 0) {
+        field.set({width: width+remainder});
+      } else {
+        field.set({width: width});
+      }
+    });
     var htmls = $.mustache(this.template, this.toTemplateJSON());
     this.el.html(htmls);
     this.model.currentDocuments.forEach(function(doc) {
@@ -195,6 +217,18 @@ my.Grid = Backbone.View.extend({
     });
     this.el.find('.recline-grid').toggleClass('no-hidden', (self.state.get('hiddenFields').length === 0));
     return this;
+  },
+
+  // ### _scrollbarSize
+  // 
+  // Measure width of a vertical scrollbar and height of a horizontal scrollbar.
+  //
+  // @return: { width: pixelWidth, height: pixelHeight }
+  _scrollbarSize: function() {
+    var $c = $("<div style='position:absolute; top:-10000px; left:-10000px; width:100px; height:100px; overflow:scroll;'></div>").appendTo("body");
+    var dim = { width: $c.width() - $c[0].clientWidth + 1, height: $c.height() - $c[0].clientHeight };
+    $c.remove();
+    return dim;
   }
 });
 
@@ -231,7 +265,7 @@ my.GridRow = Backbone.View.extend({
         </div> \
       </td> \
       {{#cells}} \
-      <td data-field="{{field}}"> \
+      <td data-field="{{field}}" style="width: {{width}}px; max-width: {{width}}px;"> \
         <div class="data-table-cell-content"> \
           <a href="javascript:{}" class="data-table-cell-edit" title="Edit this cell">&nbsp;</a> \
           <div class="data-table-cell-value">{{{value}}}</div> \
@@ -251,6 +285,7 @@ my.GridRow = Backbone.View.extend({
     var cellData = this._fields.map(function(field) {
       return {
         field: field.id,
+        width: field.get('width'),
         value: doc.getFieldValue(field)
       };
     });