This HTML table is being misinterpreted by some browsers, and I cannot understand why :
Chrome and Outlook display the rendering I expect, where the 2nd cells of the 2nd and 3rd lines pass over the 4th cell of the lines 4 to 10.
screenshot of Chrome rendering
Internet Explorer 8 and Opera 10 display something different, where the 4th cell of the lines 4 to 10 "starts after" the 2nd cells of the 2nd and 3rd lines.
Screenshot of Internet Explorer 8 rendering : http:// tinyurl.com/34387ec
Any guess why my colspans et rowspans are not interpreted the same way ? Which browsers are right ? How can I arrange my code so that they all render like Chrome ?
My actual code :
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=400 style='width:300pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid black;'>
<tr style='height:9.75pt'>
<td colspan=6 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:9.75pt;width:300pt;' width="400px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:12pt' height="16px">
<td rowspan=9 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;height:12pt;width:14.25pt' width="19px">
</td>
<td bgcolor="red" colspan=3 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:12pt;width:203.25pt;' width="271px">
</td>
<td rowspan=2 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:12pt;width: 72pt' width="96px">
</td>
<td rowspan=2 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:12pt;width:10.5pt' width="14px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;height:12pt' height="16px">
<td bgcolor="red" colspan=3 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:12pt;width:203.25pt;' width="271px" height="16px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3;height:3.75pt' height="5px">
<td colspan=2 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:3.75pt;width:170.25pt' width="227px" height="5px">
</td>
<td colspan=3 rowspan=7 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:3.75pt;width:115.5pt' width="154px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:11.25pt' height="15px">
<td valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:11.25pt;width:27.75pt' width="37px">
</td>
<td valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:11.25pt;width:142.5pt' width="190px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;height:11.25ptpt' height="15px">
<td valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:11.25pt;width:27.75pt' width="37px" height="15px">
</td>
<td valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:11.25pt;width:142.5pt' width="190px" height="15px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:3.75pt' height="5px">
<td colspan=2 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:3.75pt;width:170.25pt' width="227px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;height:11.25pt' height="15px">
<td colspan=2 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:11.25pt;width:170.25pt' width="227px" height="31px" >
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8;height:23.25pt' height="31px">
<td colspan=2 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:23.25pt;width:170.25pt' width="227px">
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:50.25pt' height="67px">
<td colspan=2 valign=top style='border:1px solid black;height:50.25pt;width:170.25pt' width="227px">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
