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1 | 1 | <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> |
2 | 2 | <html lang="en"> |
3 | | -<!-- $Id: tables.src,v 2.75 2004-03-08 18:40:45 bbos Exp $ --> |
| 3 | +<!-- $Id: tables.src,v 2.76 2004-07-05 15:16:49 bbos Exp $ --> |
4 | 4 | <head> |
5 | 5 | <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> |
6 | 6 | <title>Tables</title> |
@@ -550,6 +550,17 @@ row-group; the |
550 | 550 | user agents must shorten it until it fits. |
551 | 551 | </ol> |
552 | 552 |
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| 553 | +<p>The edges of the rows, columns, row groups and column groups in the |
| 554 | +<a href="#collapsing-borders">collapsing borders model</a> coincide |
| 555 | +with the hypothetical grid lines on which the borders of the cells are |
| 556 | +centered. (And thus, in this model, the rows together exactly cover |
| 557 | +the table, leaving no gaps; ditto for the columns.) In the <a |
| 558 | +href="#separated-borders">separated borders model,</a> the edges |
| 559 | +coincide with the <a href="box.html#border-edge">border edges</a> of |
| 560 | +cells. (And thus, in this model, there may be gaps between the rows, |
| 561 | +columns, row groups or column groups, corresponding to the <span |
| 562 | +class="propinst-border-spacing">'border-spacing'</span> property.) |
| 563 | + |
553 | 564 | <div class="note"> |
554 | 565 | <p><em><strong>Note.</strong> Table cells may be |
555 | 566 | positioned, but this is not recommended: absolute and fixed |
@@ -647,17 +658,6 @@ through. |
647 | 658 | </li> |
648 | 659 | </ol> |
649 | 660 |
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650 | | -<p>The edges of the rows, columns, row groups and column groups in the |
651 | | -<a href="#collapsing-borders">collapsing borders model</a> coincide |
652 | | -with the hypothetical grid lines on which the borders of the cells are |
653 | | -centered. (And thus, in this model, the rows together exactly cover |
654 | | -the table, leaving no gaps; ditto for the columns.) In the <a |
655 | | -href="#separated-borders">separated borders model,</a> the edges |
656 | | -coincide with the <a href="box.html#border-edge">border edges</a> of |
657 | | -cells. (And thus, in this model, there may be gaps between the rows, |
658 | | -columns, row groups or column groups, corresponding to the <span |
659 | | -class="propinst-border-spacing">'border-spacing'</span> property.) |
660 | | - |
661 | 661 | <div class="html-example"> |
662 | 662 | <P>In the following example, the first row contains four cells, but |
663 | 663 | the second row contains no cells, and thus the table background shines |
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ determined as follows:</p> |
781 | 781 | for that column. |
782 | 782 |
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783 | 783 | <li>Otherwise, a cell in the first row with a value other than 'auto' |
784 | | -for the <span class="propinst-width">'width'</span> property sets the |
| 784 | +for the <span class="propinst-width">'width'</span> property determines the |
785 | 785 | width for that column. If the cell spans more than one column, the |
786 | 786 | width is divided over the columns. |
787 | 787 |
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