- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:06:11 +0100
- To: W3C www-style mailing list <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: www-style@gtalbot.org
On 21/11/2011 17:33, "Gérard Talbot" wrote: > Le Jeu 17 novembre 2011 15:06, "Gérard Talbot" a écrit : >> Hello, >> >> I believe there is a sentence in section 17.5.2.1 which is not clear and >> not precise. >> >> # The width of the table is then the greater of the value of the 'width' >> # property for the table element and the sum of the column widths (plus cell >> # spacing or borders). >> 17.5.2.1 Fixed table layout >> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#fixed-table-layout >> >> What to change and how? >> >> "(plus cell spacing or borders)": I think this is imprecise and not clear. >> > The width of a CSS table is the distance from the left inner padding edge > to the right inner padding edge (including the border spacing but > excluding table padding and table borders). > > But the width of an HTML<table> is the distance from the left border edge > to the right border edge. > > The "(plus cell spacing or borders)" avoids getting into details and is > very loose. It should at least identify the borders as the table borders. Gérard, this is being tracked at https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15577 Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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