Right, but strictly speaking the value "auto" is illegal for column-width. FOP currently defaults to "proportional-column-width(1)" if no value is specified.
Another thing we should be careful about is the distinction between the value set for table-layout and the effective algorithm to be used. If you specify table-layout="fixed" but without an ipd, the rules for automatic table layout are activated. On 12.07.2006 22:55:44 Andreas L Delmelle wrote: > On Jul 12, 2006, at 22:11, Patrick Paul wrote: > > Hi Patrick, > > > My first question, really simple but confusing to me, is about what is > > supposed to happen when table-layout="fixed" and one of the columns > > has > > column-width="auto" ? Am I supposed to find out the optimal width > > juste for > > that column ? > > Yes, but with one big difference compared to table-layout="auto". > IIRC, CSS mentions this case explicitly: when table-layout="fixed" > and column-width="auto" then the column-widths are ultimately the > widths necessary for the cells in the first row. No need to look at > the whole table, in any case... > > Cheers, > > Andreas Jeremias Maerki
