I'm glad that fixed it! And yeah, the best thing to do would be to use auto layout for most things and learning how 'Wrap' functionality works. 
You can still use column layout for things like a row of icons or something. But I'd advice you to configure the dimensions of a container first and then putting it inside another container where you want a column layout. 
Because if you put it first without configuring the dimensions then you are locked in and the containers cannot be edited