On Aug 24, 2006, at 5:40 AM, Peter-Paul Koch wrote: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/ >> tables.html#adef-width-COL >> both specify that widths on cols and colgroups apply per column. > > But does "each column" mean the <col /> tag (which may span several > <td /> columns) or the individual <td /> tags? As far as I can see the > entire <col /> is meant, which would mean that none of the browsers > implement this correctly.
From the url above <quote> This attribute specifies a default width for each column spanned by the current COL element. </quote> And a bit lower in the text <quote> The width attribute for COL refers to the width of each column in the element's span. </quote> This seems fairly clear to me: the width is applied to each of the columns (<td />). Under <colgroup /> we see some similar wording: <quote> The width attribute of the COLGROUP element is inherited by all 40 columns. </quote> <http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/ tables.html#adef-width-COLGROUP> This is consistent with what most UA implement. Safari doesn't support width on the <col> element (fixed in nightly WebKit builds) Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh <http://emps.l-c-n.com> ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
