On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:35:13 +0200, Magnus Manske magnus.manske@web.de gave utterance to the following:
Erik Zachte wrote:
Of the remaining ones (if any), which are absolutely necessary
(meaning,
don't serve some doubtful decorative purpose;-) ?
I rather specify any option only once than on each cell. As for doubtful decorative purpose: not quite NPOV ;) Colour helps to bring order to complex tables, CSS classes might do the trick, but will that be easier to apply than a <tr bgcolor=blue> ? (one needs to look up css definitions somewhere)
OK, so is there an example for
- a row with several cells (say, more than 2)
- that has some properties in common (e.g., background)
- which can't be defined in the <table> / {| statement
- in a table that is not one of a default type (countries, elements etc.)
?
Which raises the question of supporting <COL> elements. I don't think <COLGROUP> is particularly useful, but <COL> is, and is fairly well supported.