diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/FixedSizeList.js b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/FixedSizeList.js
index 424560f36be5a7077ac2fce830f0b082386edd44..fa4a47cce73eca2205c6cab398d066ed7a1071e6 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/FixedSizeList.js
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/FixedSizeList.js
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export default class FixedSizeList extends PureComponent {
 
   getStopIndexForStartIndex = (startIndex, scrollOffset) => {
     const offset = startIndex * this.props.itemSize;
-    const size = this.props.width;
+    const size = this.props.height;
     const numVisibleItems = Math.ceil(
       (size + scrollOffset - offset) / this.props.itemSize,
     );
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/1262.md b/upcoming-release-notes/1262.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cffe2316a7b0cb53e48226ad0744c3974fa72b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/1262.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Bugfix
+authors: [j-f1]
+---
+
+Fix tables appearing to have a blank area in tall-but-narrow windows