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Reported by Simon Sapin. 17.5 (Visual layout of table contents) [http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#table-layout] says in list item 3: # A column box occupies one or more columns of grid cells. This is incorrect. A column element should generate precisely one column box per column it represents. Conversation begins: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Nov/0288.html Bug description: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Nov/0293.html
Simon Sapin proposes adding the following to the first paragraph of 17.5: | Each element generates one box, except for table-column elements which | generate as many table-column boxes as the number of column they span. | Cells that span multiple rows or columns still generate only one box. Proposal: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Nov/0786.html