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+This is a table colspan counting problem (IMHO). +The oversize <TABLE> has two rows: one has *two* <TD> +"requesting" total of 3 columns to span; second row has *one* <TD> +"requesting" total of 3 columns to span. In other words, it's asking +for one more column than the max number of 'real' elements in a row. + +Here's the simple case (first one shows the problem; the other adjusts the +colspan values and it works) (Dec 19 Nightly Win 95): All the elements in +the two tables below are width=auto (i.e., no width attribute specified). +
This is colspan=2 |
+ Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah | +|
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+ This is colspan=3 blah blah blah blah blah + --- why doesn't this cell span the table (5.0 win95 jun17)? + + |
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+ Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah | +
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+ This is colspan=2 blah blah blah blah blah + --- this cell spans the table correctly. + + |
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+ + Here's the test case from bug #2645. +
+This test case (below) is derived from home.netscape.com (although +not much is left). [This was the table structure for "Autos ... Local +..." and the right-hand column ("ABCNews.com..."); added an extra column +to differentiate this example a bit more from the one above]. +
+ The basic problem is "competing colspan requests". The table has two rows, +both of which have COLSPAN requests. They are both asking for one more column +than the max number of 'real' elements in either row (i.e., both ask for total +of 5 but the maximum number of TD in either row is 4). This seems to confuse the +algorithm. ;) (Note: all the column elements in these two tables are width=fixed +except the TD with colspan=(4|3)). +
+ +| x | +this (colspan=2) | +blue | +that | +|
| x | +blue (colspan=4) --- doesn't span (5.0 win95 jun17) | +|||
+Here's the same table but the 'colspan' values have been normalized. +
+| x | +this (colspan=1) | +blue | +that | +
| x | +blue (colspan=3) --- spans correctly | +||
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(1) Colspanning TD has fixed width equal to table width
+ +| width=340 (same as table) | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(2) Colspanning TD has auto width
+ +| no width attribute | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(3) Colspanning TD has width=100px
+ +| width=100px | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(4) Colspanning TD has width=200px
+ +| width=200px | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(5) Colspanning TD has width=100%
+ +| width=100% | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(1) Colspanning TD has fixed width equal to table width
+ +| width=340 (same as table) | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(2) Colspanning TD has auto width
+ +| no width attribute | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(3) Colspanning TD has width=100px
+ +| width=100px | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(4) Colspanning TD has width=200px
+ +| width=200px | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
(5) Colspanning TD has width=100%
+ +| width=100% | +|
| Search for: | +foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz | +
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