On 2007-09-08 17:21:56 +0200 "Anne van Kesteren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:43:31 +0200, Leif Halvard Silli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 2007-09-08 11:11:07 +0200 "Anne van Kesteren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:36:38 +0200, Leif Halvard Silli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>>>> [...] thanks to Ben Millard there is a fourth algorithm called "smart >>>>>> colspan" which would make my usage of scope in the Tour du Mont Blanc >>>>>> table superfluous. >>>> >>>> Which it allready is - in HTML4. >>> >>> I'm not sure how this comment was relevant to the HTML WG, >> >> Then why even debate in this forum. > > What do you mean? Perhaps you don't feel it is answering your question. But I am glad you also answered me in public-html. >> [ ... ] >>> What exactly in the >>> HTML4 specification tells you that the header would apply to the rowgroup >>> (and just that rowgroup) if the scope= attribute was omitted? >> >> HTML4 says: «The search in a given direction stops when the edge of the >> table is reached **or when a data cell is found after a header cell**.» >> Hence, it is is possible that the Table Inspector is wrong: I.e. it is >> possible that «Refuge des Mottets» should not see both «Day two» as >> well as «Day one» as its headers. > > Ah, indeed. That makes sense. I'll update the post whenever migration to my > new host is complete. (Site is more or less down (as far as commenting, > editing, etc. is concerned) in between to make migration relatively > painless.) Ok. That's fine. -- leif halvard silli
