55879 - Can't left align content in a <TH>

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P3)

Description

[kinmoz]

This bug is on the Netscape 20000922_BRANCH and trunk:

1. Start composer.
2. Click on the insert table button on the toolbar, and create a table of any 
size.
3. Add some text in the first cell of the table.
4. Double click on the first cell to bring up the table properties dialog.
5. If the "Cell" tab is not active click on the "Cell" tab to make it active.
6. Now click the "Cell Style" checkbox, and select "Header" from the pulldown 
next to it.
6. Now click the "Horizontal" checkbox, and select "Left" from the pulldown next 
to it.
7. Click the "OK" button.


Notice how the text in the first cell now looks like a table header, but it is 
still centered? It should be left aligned.

This is happening because SetAlign() in EdTableProps.js expects the default 
value for alignment for TD and TH to be the same ... but they aren't. Default 
alignment for TD is left, and default for TH is centered.

Comment 1

[Kathleen :Brade]

candidate for release notes:  unable to left-align data in a cell formatted as a 
header; workaround is to use HTML Source View and fix it there.  :-(

Comment 2

[Kathleen :Brade]

reassign to cmanske

Comment 3

[Charles Manske]

What a pain! Must make attribute setting smarter to know if cell is TD or TH

Comment 4

[Charles Manske]

Attachment: Fix for bug. Reviews are welcome!

Comment 5

[Charles Manske]

Default of "center" for TH and "left" for TD is respected when reading and
writing the alignment attribute.

Comment 6

[Kristi Fredrickson]

Replacing kristif with robinf. Robin Foster-Clark is now the documentation 
contact for Composer

Comment 7

[Kathleen :Brade]

verified with optimized linux mozilla builds from 8am today.