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SubtestStatusMessage
main table 1FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 180 got 410 assert_equals: data-expected-width expected 50 got 280
main table 2FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 270 got 280
main table 3FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 10 got 280
main table 4FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 180 got 280
main table 5FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 310 got 130 assert_equals: data-expected-width expected 180 got 280
main table 6PASS
main table 7FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 160 got 50
main table 8FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 28 got 50
main table 9PASS
main table 10FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 340 got 130
main table 11FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 580 got 180
main table 12FAILassert_equals: data-expected-width expected 640 got 180 assert_equals: data-expected-width expected 100 got 50
main table 13PASS

/css/css-tables/column-track-merging.html

<!doctype html>
<title>Column track merging</title>
<script src='/resources/testharness.js'></script>
<script src='/resources/testharnessreport.js'></script>
<script src="/resources/check-layout-th.js"></script>
<link rel="author" title="Aleks Totic" href="atotic@chromium.org" />
<link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css-tables-3/#dimensioning-the-row-column-grid--step2" />
<style>

main table {
  border: 10px solid gray;
  border-spacing: 20px;
}

main td {
  width: 50px;
  height:50px;
  padding: 0;
  background:linear-gradient(to right, yellow, orange);
}
main caption {
  background: #EEE;
}
main .desc {
  margin-top: 20px;
  color: rgb(50,0,0);
}
main pre {
  white-space: pre-wrap;

}
</style>
<h3>Column merging investigation</h3>
<o>Empty columns is a column that has no originating cells</o>
<p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css-tables-3/#dimensioning-the-row-column-grid--step2">Table standard</a> discusses this under "track merging".</p>
<ul>
  <li>Do empty columns get coalesced?</li>
  <li>How does this interact with table-layout:fixed, table width</li>
  <li>Is there a difference between columns defined by COL, vs TD.colspan? Yes!</li>
  <li>Do COLs with specified width get merged?</li>
</ul>
<p>Compatibility</p>
<li>Edge17 has a bug where width of a colspanned cell always includes cell width + width of border spacing. It should be max(cell width, border spacing)</li>
<li>Safari matches Chrome Legacy. TD-originated columns are always merged.</li>
<li>Firefox follows the standard, but has a few bugs.</li>
<main>

<h3>TD merging</h3>

<pre class="desc">Auto table, and TD.colspan=10
  FF/Chrome Legacy/Safari: Standard. Tracks merge.
  Edge17: Tracks do not merge. Wide cell is 180px (9 * border spacing)
</pre>
<table id="td_auto" data-expected-width=180>
<caption>auto</caption>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10 data-expected-width=50></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="desc">Auto table(400px), and TD.colspan=10
  FF/Chrome Legacy/Safari/Edge17: Standard. Tracks merge. Colspan cell grows because it is unconstrained.
</pre>
<table id="td_auto_width" style="width:400px" data-expected-width=400>
<caption>auto 400px</caption>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10 data-expected-width=270></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="desc">Auto table(130px), and TD.colspan=10
  FF/Chrome Legacy/Safari: Standard. Tracks merge. Colspan cell shrinks to min width becuase it is unconstrained.
  Edge17: Non-compliant, buggy. Wide cell too wide, narrow cell disappears.
</pre>
<table id="td_auto_width_130" style="width:130px" data-expected-width=130>
<caption>auto 130px</caption>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10 data-expected-width=10><div style="width:10px"></div></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="td_fixed">Fixed(400px) table, and TD.colspan=10
  Chrome/Safari: Non-compliant. Tracks merge. Cells are the same size, fixed algo distributes extra width evenly.
  Firefox: Standard.
  Edge17: Standard, buggy. Wide cell too wide. Edge's bug is that it computes max width as (width + border_spacing) instead of max(width, border_spacing).
</pre>
<table id="td_fixed" style="table-layout:fixed; width: 400px" data-expected-width=400>
<caption>fixed 400px</caption>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10 data-expected-width=180></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="td_fixed">Fixed(130px) table, and TD.colspan=10
  Chrome/Safari: Non-compliant.Tracks merge, cells same size.
  Firefox: Standard + buggy. Table does not grow.
  Edge17: Standard + buggy. Wide cell too wide.
</pre>
<table id="td_fixed" style="table-layout:fixed; width: 130px" data-expected-width=310>
<caption>fixed 130px</caption>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10 data-expected-width=180></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan=10></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<h3>COL merging. Same tests with COL span=10 replacing TD</h3>

<pre class="desc">Auto table
  FF/Chrome Legacy/Safari, Edge17: Standard. wide cell is 50px, tracks do merge.
</pre>
<table id="col_auto" data-expected-width=180>
<caption>auto</caption>
<col span=10>
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=50></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="desc">Auto table(400px)
  FF/Chrome Legacy/Safari, Edge17: Standard. Both cells grow the same because unconstrained.
</pre>
<table id="col_auto_width" style="width:400px" data-expected-width=400>
<caption>auto 400px</caption>
<col span=10>
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=160></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td ></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="desc">Auto table(130px)
  FF/Chrome Legacy/Safari, Edge17: Standard. Both cells shrink.
</pre>
<table id="col_auto_width_130" style="width:130px" data-expected-width=130>
<caption>auto 130px</caption>
<col span=10>
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=28><div style="width:10px"></div></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="desc">Fixed(400px) table
  Chrome/Safari,Firefox: Standard.
  Edge17: Buggy. Fixed cells grow to fill table.
</pre>
<table id="col_fixed" style="table-layout:fixed; width: 400px" data-expected-width=400>
<caption>fixed 400px</caption>
<col span=10>
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=50></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="td_fixed">Fixed(130px) table
  Chrome/Safari: Standard, very buggy. Non-collapsed columns shrink to single border spacing.
  Firefox: Standard.
  Edge17: Non-compliant, collapses columns.
</pre>
<table id="col_fixed_130" style="table-layout:fixed; width: 130px" data-expected-width=340>
<col span=10>
<caption>fixed 130px</caption>
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=50></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<h3>COL merging when COL has specified width.</h3>

<ul><li>Chrome Legacy/Edge17/Safari: non-compliant, merge COLs with specified widths.
 <li>Firefox: Standard, unless COL width is 0px. Buggy, does not include border-spacing around columns.</ul>
<pre class="desc">Auto table, COL width 30px.
  Chrome Legacy/Edge17/Safari: non-compliant, merge.
  Firefox: Standard, buggy. does not include border-spacing around columns.
</pre>
<table id="col_auto" data-expected-width=580>
<caption>auto col 30px</caption>
<col span=10 style="width:30px">
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=50></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="desc">Auto table, COL width 5%.
  Chrome Legacy/Edge17/Safari: non-compliant, merge.
  Firefox: Standard, buggy. does not include border-spacing around columns.
</pre>
<table id="col_auto" data-expected-width=640>
<caption>auto col 10%</caption>
<col span=5 style="width:10%">
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=100></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>

<pre class="desc">Auto table, COL width 0px.
  Everyone: merges COL
</pre>
<table id="col_auto" data-expected-width=180>
<caption>auto col 0px</caption>
<col span=10 style="width:0px">
<tr>
  <td data-expected-width=50></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</table>


</main>
<script>
  checkLayout("main table");
</script>


</body>
</html>