In a cross table: If you have vertical axis columns with different width and you change the column order, the width of the columns is not moved together with the columns. This means that the width is fixed to the position of the column, not to the column itself. This is annoying, because the width is specific to the contents of the column.
Interestingly, this is not the case for the cell value columns in the cross table. Also, in a normal table plot, the column width is moved together with the column when you change column order.