diff --git a/packages/core/src/editor/editor.css b/packages/core/src/editor/editor.css
index 28bcc030cd..407b1262c8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editor/editor.css
+++ b/packages/core/src/editor/editor.css
@@ -151,16 +151,15 @@ Tippy popups that are appended to document.body directly
 .bn-editor [data-content-type="table"] .tableWrapper {
   /* Size of + buttons to add rows/columns. */
   --bn-table-widget-size: 22px;
+  /* Size of table handles, divided by 2 since half the element is in the cell. */
+  --bn-table-handle-size: calc(18px / 2);
   overflow-y: hidden;
-  padding-bottom: var(--bn-table-widget-size);
+  padding: var(--bn-table-handle-size) var(--bn-table-widget-size)
+    var(--bn-table-widget-size) var(--bn-table-handle-size);
   position: relative;
   width: 100%;
 }
 
-.bn-editor [data-content-type="table"] .tableWrapper-inner {
-  width: calc(100% - var(--bn-table-widget-size));
-}
-
 /* table related: */
 .bn-editor [data-content-type="table"] table {
   width: auto !important;