Re: HTML5 Validator doesn't appear to understand colspan

  

I'm not able to post a link since the page is on an intranet site,
protected by a firewall. 

However, in reexamining my table, I see that
every first and fifth column contains a colspan attribute. 

So, for a
600px table, I could accomplish the same thing like this. 

Instead of:

(200px;)
  (100px;)
  (100px;)
  (200px;) 

I should (though without
inline styles):

  (100px;)
  (100px;)

Thanks for the help. 

-John


On Tue, 24 May 2011 04:50:19 +0900, Michael[tm] Smith wrote: 

> Can
you please either post a URL for the page that contains that colspan,
>
or a reduced document that causes the same error to be emitted?
> 
>
Note that the HTML5 spec contains the following statements:
> 
> Tables
have rows, columns, and cells given by their descendants. The rows
> and
columns form a grid; a table's cells must completely cover that grid
>
without overlap.
>
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/tabular-data.html#the-table-element [1]
>

> The HTML5 validator includes a "table integrity" checker that
checks
> whether the cells of a table cover its grid completely without
overlap.
> That grid consists of columns and what the spec calls "slots"
that are
> established by markup in your table and that need to be
filled in with
> actual table cells by other markup in your table.
> 
>
And that error message is indicating that your colspan attribute is
>
establishing a column that ends up not having any cells in it --
because
> the other markup in your table does not cause the slots in
that column to
> be filled in with actual table cells.
> 
> --Mike
> 
>
John Stokes , 2011-05-20 09:45 -0700:
> 
>> The HTML5 validator doesn't
seem to understand a colspan attribute on a in the first row of a table.
Here is the error I receive: Table column 2 established by element td
has no cells beginning in it. Date: Thu. May. 19, 2011 If I put a
"dummy" row with the structure before the above row it validates
correctly. In reviewing the HTML5 spec, I don't see anything that
prohibits a colspan from appearing in the first row of a table, nor can
I find anything else syntatically wrong with my code. -John

 


Links:
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[1]
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/tabular-data.html#the-table-element
[2]
mailto:jstokes@heartofthefyre.us