Re: [css2] Fixed table layout: width distribution between non-auto columns from Boris Zbarsky on 2014-11-28 (www-style@w3.org from November 2014)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:42:25 -0500
To: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <5477EF21.9050104@mit.edu>

On 11/27/14, 2:20 PM, Simon Sapin wrote:
>> If the table is wider than the columns, the extra space should be
>> distributed over the columns proportionally to the respective column
>> widths.
>
> Is this precise enough, or should the spec spell out the math?

Things get much more complicated when colspanning cells are involved, 
for what it's worth (and not necessarily interoperable, though there are 
still some web compat constraints).  The spec needs to spell out the 
behavior here at some point, yes.

-Boris

Received on Friday, 28 November 2014 03:42:54 UTC