- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 21:21:34 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Cc: Seth Call <sethcall@gmail.com>, Giovanni Campagna <scampa.giovanni@gmail.com>, public-html-comments@w3.org
On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, Simon Pieters wrote: > 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. Well it disallows <td> at the moment. I don't suppose this particular edge case much matters. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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