Piped text length restricting column width

I have a number of side-by-side questions with piped text in the far-left column. The width of that first column excessively wide because of the length of the hidden piped text code. This prevents the other two columns from properly appearing on mobile devices:
QSupport staff suggested there might be a custom code out there, which solves this—i.e., which gives freedom to users to pull that first column with the piped text in as close as they need to. Can anyone please help with this?