169616 - Box elements don't always resize when content changes

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect)

Description

[Martin van Dijken]

In the URL, there's two versions of the same this.
* A div with a table with some rows in it.
When the content inside the inner table changes, the inner table resizes, but
the div outside that doesn't resize.
* A table with one row and one td with the same kind of table with some rows in it.
When the content inside the inner table changes, the inner table resizes, and
the outer table follows suit.

Using Mozilla 1.1 on Windows XP

Comment 1

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

This is a bug in IE for Windows.  The 'width' property means 'width', not
'min-width', except on tables (which are different for just about everything). 
As far as I can tell, our behavior is correct.  (See
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/tables.html#auto-table-layout for the exception
for tables.)

Comment 2

[Martin van Dijken]

David,

I agree, that the width property on the DIV should make sure that the div
doesn't get any bigger. But shouldn't the table try to reflow to fit the div?
All logic tells me, that an element inside another element, should never be
bigger than the outer element, unless position:absolute or one of the other
properties have been specified. Please confirm.

Comment 3

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

It does "try", but it can't be any narrower.