[csswg-drafts] [css-tables] column constrainedness and cell outer max-content width

davidsgrogan has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts:

== [css-tables] column constrainedness and cell outer max-content width  ==
(Stems from https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/2802)

https://drafts.csswg.org/css-tables-3/#outer-max-content says

> - The **outer max-content width** of a table-cell in a *non-constrained column* is max(min-width, width, min-content width, min(max-width, max-content width)) adjusted by the cell intrinsic offsets.

https://drafts.csswg.org/css-tables-3/#constrainedness says

> A column is constrained if its corresponding table-column-group (if any), its corresponding table-column (if any), or any of the cells spanning only that column has a computed width that is not "auto", and is not a percentage.

The `constrained` definition implies that if a table-cell is in a non-constrained column, it has `width: auto`. But then why does the `outer max-content width` definition pasted above include `width` if it's always auto? Just redundant or am I missing something, perhaps related to column spanning? In that vein, should 

> table-cell **in a** non-constrained column

be changed to

> table-cell **that originates in a** non-constrained column

Otherwise, if the concept of **in a** has been defined, could that get a link to the definition?

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3037 using your GitHub account

Received on Tuesday, 21 August 2018 23:05:08 UTC