Table cells shouldn't use fixed pixel widths

[maddisondesigns]

Issue Overview

The html for the table block is using pixels for the width of the cells. You should never specify a width using a fixed number of pixels. It should be using percentages.

This just shows one of the many issues with using pixels widths to resize table cells...

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. Insert table block
2. Insert new column
3. View table html

Expected Behaviour

I would expect the table cell widths to be using percentages, not fixed pixel widths

Current Behaviour

Table html is using pixels to specify the width of the cells rather than percentages

Gutenberg 1.9.1
Firefox Quantum 57.0.1 (64-bit)

[danielbachhuber]

@maddisondesigns How did you end up with variable width columns? I don't see any corresponding controls:

I can verify widths are included in the markup:

[maddisondesigns]

@danielbachhuber I presume you found the answer to your question in my other issue that I raised (#4026). They're different sizes in my example, because the block doesn't work properly and resize the columns automatically. The fact that there's also no controls to help you resize columns is equally annoying.

[danielbachhuber]

I presume you found the answer to your question in my other issue that I raised

Indirectly, yes.

They're different sizes in my example, because the block doesn't work properly and resize the columns automatically. The fact that there's also no controls to help you resize columns is equally annoying.

Yeah, weird behavior.

[helen]

Possibly related - while I wasn't getting pixel widths defined on the front end, the whole layout was messed up because there's display: block on .wp-block-table. Table CSS is fragile, changing that from the default of display: table seems like a bad idea.

[ZebulanStanphill]

I think this is fixed now.

[maddisondesigns]

@SuperGeniusZeb Nope, it's not fixed yet. Just updated to Gutenberg 3.1.1 and inserted a new table and it's still producing fixed width pixels in the markup. The columns also still don't auto-resize themselves when you insert a new column.

[ZebulanStanphill]

@maddisondesigns Have you tested in master? I did not see any fixed pixel widths when I tested there.

[karmatosed]

Closing as bringing into a master issue : #6923