The current code works that way. The first free grid unit is used. See table-cell_number-rows-spanned.xml
On 12.09.2005 11:22:19 Andreas L Delmelle wrote: > Hi, > > The Rec describes the default value for the column-number on > table-cells as: > "For the first table-cell in a table-row, the current column number is > 1..." > > My question: is this also true in case there was a row-spanning cell > from the previous row that already occupies the first column? IOW: May > we assume that in that case, the first "free" column-number may be used > (taking into account spans from previous rows)? > > It's not all that difficult to track pending row-spans, so we could > already take care of that when determining the initial value, and it > makes more sense to me to interpret it that way, but just thought I'd > ask... Jeremias Maerki