17513 2012-06-16 12:55:47 +0000 Unclear how width of absolutely positioned table is determined 2012-12-04 00:53:31 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified CSS CSS Level 2 unspecified All Windows 3.1 NEW P2 normal --- 1 antonsforums bert public-css-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 69145 0 antonsforums 2012-06-16 12:55:47 +0000 Reported by Simon Sapin The spec fails to say how to determine the width of an absolutely positioned table. Conversation begins: Bug description: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012May/0447.html 69146 1 antonsforums 2012-06-16 12:58:47 +0000 Simon Sapin notes that there are two different algorithms that could potentially apply: 10.3.7 Absolutely positioned, non-replaced elements 17.5.2 Table width algorithms: the 'table-layout' property (and sub-sections) and he suggests that a reasonable way to resolve the conflict is to combine them by taking the used width (the result) from 10.3.7 and pretending that it is the computed width (one of the "input") for the purpose of 17.5.2, and then keep *that* used value. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012May/0447.html