Re: [CSS2.1] col attributes: XHTML and CSS inconsistency? from Boris Zbarsky on 2008-12-30 (www-style@w3.org from December 2008)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:38:29 -0500
To: Simetrical <simetrical@gmail.com>
Cc: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <20081230143829.ppolmsluheu8cgw0@webmail.mit.edu>

Quoting Simetrical <simetrical@gmail.com>:

> But a rowspan will never change whether a given cell matches an
> :nth-col() rule under any scheme I can think of

Sure it would:

<table>
<tr>
  <td rowspan=2>2 rows</td>
  <td>row 1 col 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>row 2 col 2</td>
</tr>
</table>

The "row 2 col 2" cell should match :nth-col(2), I would think.

-Boris

Received on Tuesday, 30 December 2008 19:39:11 UTC