I always wondered the same about other org-table-* bindings in org.el.
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index a03d8c5a429..cba9b20482f 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -19632,7 +19632,12 @@ COMMANDS is a list of alternating OLDDEF NEWDEF command names."
(org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-j" 'org-return-indent)
(org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-c?" 'org-table-field-info)
(org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-c " 'org-table-blank-field)
-(org-defkey org-mode-map (kbd "C-c TAB") #'org-table-toggle-column-width)
+(org-defkey org-mode-map (kbd "C-c TAB")
+ '(menu-item "toggle-column-width-when-in-table" nil
+ :filter (lambda (&optional _)
+ (if (org-at-table-p)
+ #'org-table-toggle-column-width
+ #'outline-show-children))))
(org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-c+" 'org-table-sum)
(org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-c=" 'org-table-eval-formula)
(org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-c'" 'org-edit-special)
;; Bind the "org-table-*" command ONLY when the point is in an Org table.
(bind-keys
:map org-mode-map
:filter (org-at-table-p)
("C-c ?" . org-table-field-info)
("C-c SPC" . org-table-blank-field)
("C-c +" . org-table-sum)
("C-c =" . org-table-eval-formula)
("C-c `" . org-table-edit-field)
("C-#" . org-table-rotate-recalc-marks)
("C-c }" . org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays)
("C-c {" . org-table-toggle-formula-debugger))