Hello all, I just published the results of my research into table columns and CSS:
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/columns.html One result took me totally by surprise, and I hope someone on the list can explain it to me. In my tests I use a <col> tag that spans two columns: <col span="2" style="background-color: #07B133; color: #ffffff; width: 10em" /> Before I did this test, I assumed that the width declaration would apply to the entire col, i.e. to two columns of table cells. However, in a remarkable show of unanimity all tested browsers (IE 5.5 and 7 Windows, IE 5.2 Mac, Firefox 1.5, Opera 9, Safari 1.3.2 and iCab 3.0) apply the 10em width to all cells separately, so that the total width of the two-cell column becomes 20em + cellspacing. I went through the specs (CSS: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#q4; HTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.4.2) and could not find anything that indicates that such a width should be applied to all cells separately; but maybe I don't understand them well enough. Can anyone enlighten me? Are all browsers buggy, or is my interpretation wrong? If the latter, why? Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ppk, freelance web developer http://www.quirksmode.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
