- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:42:22 +0200
- To: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>, "Seth Call" <sethcall@gmail.com>, "Giovanni Campagna" <scampa.giovanni@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html-comments@w3.org
On Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:14:20 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Seth Call wrote: >> >> I think you are right; td/th are options simply because of the content >> model of tr. I'd hope, though, that if there is no reason to use td >> within a thead, that the spec could indicate that by adding a >> restrictive condition to the tr content model when in a thead. > > After examining a whole bunch of tables, I've come to the same > conclusion, and have adjusted the spec accordingly. > > I expect we'll change this back, and allow <td> in <tr>, because I expect > someone will find a table where it makes sense. If anyone can find a > table > where it makes sense, I'll change it back. The only case I can think of is an empty cell in the top-left when having both column and row headers. The spec doesn't say whether to use td or th for such cells, and I've seen both being used in the wild. -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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