Clicking "Add [table] Column After" can break XHTML structure
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 2:02 am
For oXygen XML Editor 18, Windows 7 64-bit.
IF I use oXygen to create a new XHTML file, AND insert a table into that file, AND in Author mode, in the table's rightmost column, I click Insert a new table column after..., THEN the inserted column inserts a misplaced <col /> tag into the XHTML. This results in oXygen's XHTML validator reporting an error.
I have screenshots but can't figure out how to upload them to illustrate the problem. So I'll try with text only.
1. I begin in Author mode with a new XHTML file. I add a table to that file. Part of that XHTML must be a ColGroup structure as follows:
--> At this point the entire XHTML file validates with zero errors.
2. In Author mode and Tags display mode == Full Tags, I place the insertion point in the rightmost column of the table to enable the table authoring icons in the toolbar, then in the toolbar click Insert a new table column after the current one.
--> oXygen adds a column to the right side of the table at which point the the Author mode editing window includes red error indicators -- the XHTML no longer validates without error.
3. I return to Text mode. The XHTML now contains the following:
--> Clicking Insert a new table column after... added a new table column to the right side of the table BUT inserted the associated <col /> tag outside of the ColGroup structure. The XHMTL no longer validates without error.
NOTE:
Riley
IF I use oXygen to create a new XHTML file, AND insert a table into that file, AND in Author mode, in the table's rightmost column, I click Insert a new table column after..., THEN the inserted column inserts a misplaced <col /> tag into the XHTML. This results in oXygen's XHTML validator reporting an error.
I have screenshots but can't figure out how to upload them to illustrate the problem. So I'll try with text only.
1. I begin in Author mode with a new XHTML file. I add a table to that file. Part of that XHTML must be a ColGroup structure as follows:
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<colgroup>
<col class="col01" />
<col class="col02" />
<col class="col03" />
</colgroup>2. In Author mode and Tags display mode == Full Tags, I place the insertion point in the rightmost column of the table to enable the table authoring icons in the toolbar, then in the toolbar click Insert a new table column after the current one.
--> oXygen adds a column to the right side of the table at which point the the Author mode editing window includes red error indicators -- the XHTML no longer validates without error.
3. I return to Text mode. The XHTML now contains the following:
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<colgroup>
<col class="col01" />
<col class="col02" />
<col class="col03" />
</colgroup>
<col />NOTE:
- If I click Insert a new table column... in the RIGHTMOST column of a table, this immediately breaks the structure of the XHTML.
- If I click in a column that is NOT rightmost, the tag is still inserted but because it's inserted within the ColGroup structure no error occurs.
Riley