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<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>CSS Test: sideways-lr Table Column/Colgroup Ordering</title>
<link rel="author" title="Elika J. Etemad" href="http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact">
<link rel="match" href="table-progression-002-ref.html">
<meta name="assert" content="This test checks that sideways-lr tables order columns bottom-to-top (LTR) or top-to-bottom (RTL) per the table's 'direction'. This test also checks that 'writing-mode' and 'direction' do not apply to table columns and column groups.">
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-writing-modes-4/#block-flow" title="3.1 Block Flow Direction: the 'writing-mode' property">
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-writing-modes-4/#direction" title="2.1 Specifying Directionality: the 'direction' property">
<style>
.test {
writing-mode: sideways-lr;
}
[dir=rtl] {
direction: rtl;
}
table {
border-spacing: 0;
border: solid gray;
margin: 1em;
float: left;
}
td {
width: 1em;
height: 1em;
}
.navy { background: navy}
.blue { background: blue }
.aqua { background: aqua }
.teal { background: teal }
/* These declarations must have no effect. */
.test col,
.test colgroup {
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
writing-mode: sideways-rl;
direction: rtl;
}
.test[dir=rtl] col,
.test[dir=rtl] colgroup {
direction: ltr;
}
</style>
<p>Test passes if the following patterned boxes all look identical.
<table class="test">
<col span=2 class="aqua">
<col class="blue">
<col span=2 class="navy">
<tr><td><td><td><td><td>
</table>
<table class="test">
<colgroup span=2 class="aqua"></colgroup>
<colgroup>
<col class="blue">
<col span=2 class="navy">
</colgroup>
<tr><td><td><td><td><td>
</table>
<table dir=rtl class="test">
<col span=2 class="navy">
<col class="blue">
<col span=2 class="aqua">
<tr><td><td><td><td><td>
</table>
<table dir=rtl class="test">
<colgroup span=2 class="navy"></colgroup>
<colgroup>
<col class="blue">
<col span=2 class="aqua">
</colgroup>
<tr><td><td><td><td><td>
</table>
<table class="reference">
<tr><td class="navy">
<tr><td class="navy">
<tr><td class="blue">
<tr><td class="aqua">
<tr><td class="aqua">
</table>