EDD: How to track table column number with straddled cells

Question

Hello,I have a table layout where I want a different paragraph format in the first column depending on a table attribute value. So I created a Text Format Rule for the cells like this:If context is: {first} < * < table [class="definition"]  Use paragraph format: T_FirstColumnElse  Use paragraph format: T_Column This works fine until the user straddles some cells in the first column, like this:In the first column the three cells are straddled, so the cells in row 2 and 3 "think" they are first and use the bold paragraph format.Apart from setting additional attributes (through API programming), do you have a solution? Thanks,- Michael

Russ Ward · Answer

Hi Michael,This is less-than-optimal, but you could put a zero-width column in between to catch that rule for straddled rows. Other than that, my guess is that you are stuck with FM's interpretation of the architecture. Technically speaking, FM's interpretation is correct, at least as far as the structural relationship is concerned. Once you straddle those cells, the element for the second cell (on the straddled rows) appears as the first element in the row branch; that is, the cell element that used to represent the first cell disappears with the straddle.Russ

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