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Table: preserve table structure on copy and paste (#5906) - #5916
When selecting and copying across blocks containing tables, or selecting all in documents starting with a table, copy_blocks previously flattened table cell paragraphs into loose paragraphs when the selection start and end had different parent paths (a.path.parent() != b.path.parent()).
Summary of Changes:
Lowest Common Ancestor Container & Linear Text-Range Semantics:
Updates copy_blocks in crates/doc/src/edit.rs to compute the lowest common ancestor container. When a selection covers whole table blocks across blocks (e.g. Select All d.start_of(Body)..d.end_of(Body) in documents starting or ending with a table, or whole tables between paragraphs), table blocks are preserved whole (Block::Table) instead of being flattened into loose paragraphs.
Keeps linear text-range semantics for the shared copy_range API on partial cross-cell text ranges, matching delete_range. Traversed cells in document order are preserved without data loss on Cut or Spike. Dedicated rectangular cell selection continues to be handled via copy_table_cells and clear_range_cells.
HTML Table Import & Colgroups:
Enhances HTML table import in crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs to read explicit column widths from <col> and <colgroup> elements and recognize Word's mso-yfti-vmerge: continue for vertical merge continuations.
Ensures commit_pending_colgroup only applies group widths to childless colgroups, never backfilling unset columns from earlier groups.
Documents element finalization, special tag handling, and style cascading side effects in builder.rs.
HTML Table Export:
Updates HTML export in crates/formats/src/html/export.rs to emit <colgroup> column widths and cell width styles to preserve layout on copy/paste.
Model Conversion & Covered Cell Raggedness Defense:
In crates/formats/src/model/types.rs (insert_covered), checks if a row already possesses an explicit covered cell at the target grid column (e.g. from mso-yfti-vmerge:continue), preventing duplicate synthetic covered cells when rowspan > 1 is accompanied by explicit continuation cells.
In crates/formats/src/model/to_doc.rs, normalises VMerge::Continue cells in row 0 (to Restart if followed by a continuation in row 1, or to None if orphaned), and repairs unlinked continuation cells.
Comprehensive Regression Tests:
Added engine regression test cut_and_spike_across_table_cells_preserves_every_removed_character testing non-corner text range endpoints, proving that Cut and Spike collect all traversed characters and restore them on paste with zero data loss.
Unit tests covering select-all and whole table preservation across blocks, linear text-range traversal across table cells, multiple colgroups without cross-group backfill, non-ragged row import for Word rowspan + continue, and row 0 continue cell normalisation.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Copying selections across paragraphs and tables now preserves the selected content’s structure, including partial tables and text at selection boundaries.
HTML tables with column widths or merged cells are handled more consistently during import and export.
Select All followed by Copy now preserves a table at the start of a document.
Cutting or moving selections across table cells now retains the affected text and table structure.
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Walkthrough
Document range copying now preserves fully covered blocks and tables, while trimming partial paragraph selections. HTML table parsing and export now handle column and cell widths. HTML table conversion also processes Word vertical merges.
Changes: Document Range Copying
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Copy selections across blocks and tables crates/doc/src/edit.rs, crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs, crates/engine/src/tests.rs
Copy helpers trim selected paragraphs and preserve fully covered blocks during same-container and cross-container copying. Tests cover table fragments, paragraph order, and copy, cut, and spike operations.
HTML Table Widths and Merges
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Parse and export table widths crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs, crates/formats/src/html/export.rs, crates/formats/src/html/tests.rs
The HTML builder records <col> and <colgroup> widths and resolves table widths with cell-width fallback. Export emits table and cell widths. Tests cover parsing, fallback, and export.
The HTML builder marks Word-style continuation cells as covered. Model conversion repairs vertical-merge states, and covered-cell insertion avoids duplicates. Tests check merge state and extent.
storytold/wordcraft#2398 — The changes preserve table structure when copying selections across table cells. The issue’s TSV and text/HTML clipboard format requests are not shown as addressed.
storytold/wordcraft#4988 — The changes preserve fully covered table blocks during copying. The summaries do not establish whether pasting retains the table.
Suggested reviewers:echelon, aiongg, benandez
Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 0a188
Table copy/paste and HTML table width handling look sound at the current head. The earlier concern about explicit column widths being dropped when one column has no width appears to be fixed and is covered by a test. No merge-blocking risk remains.
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The title names the change: table structure is preserved on copy and paste. The changeset matches this. The edit.rs copy_blocks changes keep whole tables intact across block boundaries, and the engine…
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[#5906] The issue asks that a table copied from another Word file keeps its structure. It gives no acceptance criteria. The base-to-head diff of crates/doc/src/edit.rs shows the following changes fo…
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[#5906] The copy_blocks changes in crates/doc/src/edit.rs relate to copy behavior for table structure. They include the new trim_para and copy_para_range helpers. One behavior change goes beyo…
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The title names the change: table structure is preserved on copy and paste. The changeset matches this. The edit.rs copy_blocks changes keep whole tables intact across block boundaries, and the engine tests cover Copy after Select All and Cut/Spike across table cells. The title omits the HTML import/export and Word vertical-merge work, but that is secondary and the title does not claim otherwise. The title is specific and concise, and it references the linked issue #5906.
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[#5906] The issue asks that a table copied from another Word file keeps its structure. It gives no acceptance criteria. The base-to-head diff of crates/doc/src/edit.rs shows the following changes for this issue:
copy_blocks finds the lowest common ancestor container (common, level).
When the selection start block is fully covered (a_covers), copy_blocks pushes the whole block. This includes a table. The same applies to the end block (b_covers) and to blocks strictly between them.
Partial boundary blocks go through trim_para or copy_para_range.
Table blocks in the same-container branch are cloned whole.
This addresses the flattening of table cell paragraphs when endpoints have different parent paths.
The previous assessment also cites HTML import changes in crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs. These handle <col> and <colgroup> widths and Word mso-yfti-vmerge: continue cells. The current PR description states that the model normalization in to_doc.rs and the insert_covered guard in types.rs support those cells. I did not inspect the builder.rs, to_doc.rs, or types.rs hunks in this pass. The incremental diff from the previous reviewed head could not be read because the changed blobs are missing from the checkout. My verdict for those files rests on the earlier assessment and the summaries. I did not run the tests. The implementation appears to meet the issue's requirement. Partial selections that cross a table still flatten to paragraphs, as before. The issue does not require otherwise.
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[#5906] The copy_blocks changes in crates/doc/src/edit.rs relate to copy behavior for table structure. They include the new trim_para and copy_para_range helpers. One behavior change goes beyond the table case. Cross-container copies now keep section breaks on fully copied paragraphs. The former code cleared section on every copied paragraph. The section change stays in the copy path and is a fidelity change, not an unrelated feature. The HTML import and export changes (<colgroup>, cell width styles, vertical-merge handling) and the model normalization serve the table copy and paste goal stated in the PR. The tests cover the same behavior. I found no demonstrated unrelated change in the inspected diff. The hunks for the HTML, model, and engine test files were not read directly in this pass. This verdict rests on the summaries and earlier review for those files.
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Actionable comments posted: 5
Nitpick comments: 3
crates/doc/src/edit.rs: 1
1252-1371: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Extract helpers to reduce duplication and nesting in copy_blocks.
The new code is about 120 lines with five levels of nesting. It repeats three patterns:
paragraph trimming with the section reset (lines 1263-1271 and 1340-1346);
grid-span computation (g_a and g_b);
last_row and last_col setup.
Move these into small helpers, for example trim_para(p, from, to, keep_section) and cell_grid_span(t, r, c). The three Table branches become easier to compare. This also lowers the risk that a fix to one branch misses the others.
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Review comment at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs around lines 1252 - 1371:
Reduce duplication in copy_blocks by extracting helpers for paragraph trimming,
cell grid-span calculation, and table boundary indices. Use the paragraph helper
for both trimming paths while preserving their distinct section-reset behavior,
and reuse the grid-span helper for both endpoint cells. Keep the three Table
branches’ existing slicing and boundary behavior unchanged.
crates/engine/src/tests.rs: 1
2084-2088: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
The select-all test assertion is weak.
any(|b| matches!(b, Block::Table(_))) passes for any clipboard that contains a table. The test does not check the table size or that the typed "A1" text is still in it. Assert the table's row and column counts and the text of cell (0,0). This guards against the table being replaced by a partial slice.
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Review comment at @crates/engine/src/tests.rs around lines 2084 - 2088:
Strengthen the select-all assertion to verify the copied table’s row and column
counts and that cell (0,0) still contains the typed “A1” text. Locate the
assertion using its “copying select-all in a document starting with a table”
message, and preserve the existing clipboard checks while validating the table’s
structure and cell content.
Strengthen the assertions. Both tests would pass if the slicing logic were wrong.
copy_range_preserves_table_structure_across_blocks checks only that the first block is a Table. It does not check that the trailing paragraph is also copied, or that all 2×2 cells are intact.
copy_range_preserves_table_when_selecting_cells is described as a sliced table. The selection spans rows 0-1 and columns 0-1 of a 3×3 table. A whole-table copy would also pass the current assertion.
Assert the block count, the row and cell counts, and the cell text. A partial-selection regression then fails the test.
Proposed assertions
- assert!(matches!(frag.blocks.first(), Some(Block::Table(_))), "first block should be a Table, but got {:?}", frag.blocks);+ assert_eq!(frag.blocks.len(), 2, "got {:?}", frag.blocks);+ let Some(Block::Table(t)) = frag.blocks.first() else { panic!("first block should be a Table, got {:?}", frag.blocks) };+ assert_eq!((t.rows.len(), t.rows[0].cells.len()), (2, 2));+ assert!(matches!(frag.blocks.get(1), Some(Block::Para(p)) if p.text == "Trailing"));
- assert!(matches!(frag.blocks.first(), Some(Block::Table(_))), "should copy as a Table, but got {:?}", frag.blocks);+ let Some(Block::Table(t)) = frag.blocks.first() else { panic!("should copy as a Table, got {:?}", frag.blocks) };+ assert_eq!((t.rows.len(), t.rows[0].cells.len()), (2, 2));
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Review comment at @crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs around lines 927 - 928:
Strengthen `copy_range_preserves_table_structure_across_blocks` and
`copy_range_preserves_table_when_selecting_cells` to verify the copied content,
not just that its first block is a table. Assert the expected block count and
trailing paragraph for the cross-block case, and check the table’s row count,
cell counts, and cell text in both tests; ensure the cell-selection test
verifies only the selected 2×2 slice, so copying the whole table would fail.
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Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs:
- Around line 1293-1299: Update the whole-table shortcut checks in this
selection flow to verify that the start is at the first block of the first cell
and the end is at the last block of the last cell, not merely at paragraph
offsets 0 or end_len. Reuse whole_table where it validates these conditions, or
compare each paragraph’s position with its cell’s block count; ensure endpoints
inside nested tables do not trigger a whole-table copy.
- Around line 1300-1303: Update the table-copy path around `Table::slice` to
preserve `a.off` and `b.off` for partial range copies, including ranges spanning
table cells or a table and another block, so copied content is limited to the
selected endpoints. Keep whole-cell and whole-row copying for explicit cell
selections; add regression tests covering partial endpoints and Cut, verifying
that Cut copies only the selected range while deleting `a..b`.
Review comments at @crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs:
- Around line 995-1006: Update the table column-width handling around the "col"
branch so a childless "colgroup" records its width across its declared span.
Keep widths from child "col" elements authoritative whenever they exist, and
preserve the MAX_TABLE_COLS limit.
- Around line 1172-1173: Coordinate the `is_mso_vmerge_restart` rowspan
adjustment with `FTable::insert_covered` so the restart/continue pair does not
create a synthetic cell in addition to the explicit continuation. Preserve the
rowspan required by flow export, and add assertions verifying the second row’s
cell count and cell positions.
Review comments at @crates/formats/src/model/to_doc.rs:
- Around line 895-904: Update the upward search in the vertical-merge conversion
loop so it stops when a row has no cell at grid column g, rather than continuing
to older rows. Preserve the existing VMerge::Restart handling when a matching
cell is found.
---
Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs:
- Around line 1252-1371: Reduce duplication in copy_blocks by extracting helpers
for paragraph trimming, cell grid-span calculation, and table boundary indices.
Use the paragraph helper for both trimming paths while preserving their distinct
section-reset behavior, and reuse the grid-span helper for both endpoint cells.
Keep the three Table branches’ existing slicing and boundary behavior unchanged.
Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs:
- Around line 927-928: Strengthen
`copy_range_preserves_table_structure_across_blocks` and
`copy_range_preserves_table_when_selecting_cells` to verify the copied content,
not just that its first block is a table. Assert the expected block count and
trailing paragraph for the cross-block case, and check the table’s row count,
cell counts, and cell text in both tests; ensure the cell-selection test
verifies only the selected 2×2 slice, so copying the whole table would fail.
Review comments at @crates/engine/src/tests.rs:
- Around line 2084-2088: Strengthen the select-all assertion to verify the
copied table’s row and column counts and that cell (0,0) still contains the
typed “A1” text. Locate the assertion using its “copying select-all in a
document starting with a table” message, and preserve the existing clipboard
checks while validating the table’s structure and cell content.
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Add tests for endpoints that are not the first or last cell of the slice.
copy_range_partial_endpoints_trims_text only covers a top-left to bottom-right range. In that shape the first and last sliced cells are the endpoint cells, so the trimming bug in copy_blocks cannot appear.
Add these regression cases:
A range from cell (0,1) to cell (1,0) with non-zero offsets.
A range from a paragraph before the table into cell (1,0) of a 2×2 table. Assert that cell (1,1) keeps its full text.
A range from inside a cell of a table into a paragraph after the table.
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Review comment at @crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs around lines 971 - 995:
Extend the regression coverage around `copy_range_partial_endpoints_trims_text`
to exercise ranges whose endpoints are not the first and last cells of the
sliced table. Add cases for a non-zero-offset range from cell (0,1) to cell
(1,0), from a paragraph before a 2×2 table into cell (1,0) that verifies cell
(1,1) retains its full text, and from inside a table cell to a paragraph after
the table.
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Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs:
- Around line 592-608: Update trim_sliced_table and the inline table-trimming
paths to trim each endpoint paragraph in a clone of the source table before
calling slice, using the endpoint’s row, cell, and block indices from its path.
Apply trimming only when the path length equals c_depth + 4, so nested endpoints
are left untouched, then remove the post-slice boundary trimming; do not locate
endpoints by row index in the sliced table.
Review comments at @crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs:
- Around line 1000-1023: Update the table-building logic in the “colgroup” and
“col” arms to track whether each colgroup contains child columns, and use the
group’s own width only when it has none. Keep child col widths and childless
group widths aligned with their actual table columns when both occur, preserving
the existing column limit.
Review comments at @crates/formats/src/model/to_doc.rs:
- Line 895: Update the vertical-merge continuation handling around the `for up_r
in (0..r).rev()` loop to avoid rescanning all preceding rows for every
continuation. Reuse the resolved merge start per column, or inspect the
immediately preceding row when earlier continuations have already been
processed, while preserving the existing merge-resolution behavior.
---
Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs:
- Around line 971-995: Extend the regression coverage around
`copy_range_partial_endpoints_trims_text` to exercise ranges whose endpoints are
not the first and last cells of the sliced table. Add cases for a
non-zero-offset range from cell (0,1) to cell (1,0), from a paragraph before a
2×2 table into cell (1,0) that verifies cell (1,1) retains its full text, and
from inside a table cell to a paragraph after the table.
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Minor · Preserve explicit widths when another column has no width. · builder.rs:898-899
crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs:898-899 Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Preserve explicit widths when another column has no width.
For <colgroup><col width="100"><col></colgroup> with no cell widths, the incomplete width vector takes the widths_from_cells() fallback. That fallback produces an empty vector, so document conversion loses the first column’s explicit width as well. Retain known column widths when assigning a default to unset columns. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs around lines 898 - 899:
Update the column-width fallback around ft.widths_from_cells() to retain
explicit widths from the colgroup when other columns are unset. Fill only unset
columns with the appropriate default, preserving known widths and the existing
cell-derived widths when available.
Minor · Trim sibling blocks in endpoint cells · edit.rs:591-607
crates/doc/src/edit.rs:591-607 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Trim sibling blocks in endpoint cells
When a range starts or ends within a cell that has multiple paragraphs, trim_table_endpoint leaves earlier or later paragraphs in the copied cell. Copy and cut can therefore put unselected text on the clipboard.
Remove blocks before the start paragraph and after the end paragraph. Apply this trimming even when the start offset is zero or the end offset equals the paragraph length.
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Review comment at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs around lines 591 - 607:
Update trim_table_endpoint to remove sibling blocks before the start paragraph
and after the end paragraph in the endpoint cell, in addition to trimming the
endpoint paragraph itself. Apply the block trimming even when off is zero or
end_off equals the paragraph length, so copy and cut retain only selected
content.
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Review comments at @crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs:
- Around line 62-63: Update the pending_colgroup width handling so a group width
remains the default for child columns that do not specify their own width, even
when has_child_cols is true; preserve explicit child widths as higher priority.
Keep the change localized to the branch consuming pending_colgroup.
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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs:
- Around line 591-607: Update trim_table_endpoint to remove sibling blocks
before the start paragraph and after the end paragraph in the endpoint cell, in
addition to trimming the endpoint paragraph itself. Apply the block trimming
even when off is zero or end_off equals the paragraph length, so copy and cut
retain only selected content.
Review comments at @crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs:
- Around line 898-899: Update the column-width fallback around
ft.widths_from_cells() to retain explicit widths from the colgroup when other
columns are unset. Fill only unset columns with the appropriate default,
preserving known widths and the existing cell-derived widths when available.
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What it does: Fixes #5906 by preserving table structure on copy and paste. copy_blocks now uses a lowest common ancestor calculation to keep table blocks whole or slice them to selected rows/columns instead of flattening cell paragraphs, HTML import reads <col>/<colgroup> widths and Word vertical-merge continuations, HTML export emits column and cell widths, and vertical-merge continuation cells link to their restart head in to_doc.
Logical units:
crates/doc/src/edit.rs: copy_blocks, table_slice_bounds, cell_grid_span, trim_table_endpoint for cross-block and partial table copying
crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs: column widths and mso-yfti-vmerge: continue on import
crates/formats/src/html/export.rs: <colgroup> and cell width styles on export
Regression unit and integration tests for block, cell, and select-all selections and HTML round-trip
Findings:
[tests] crates/doc/src/edit.rs, copy_blocks / table_slice_bounds / cell_grid_span: no test uses colspan/rowspan/vertically-merged cells, so grid-column slicing and is_whole checks mixing cells.len()-1 and t.cols()-1 are unexercised. Add a spanned-cell copy test asserting exact sliced rows, columns, and cell text.
[docs] crates/doc/src/edit.rs, copy_blocks lowest-common-ancestor calculation (c_depth = (common_len / 3) * 3): the path encoding making groups of 3 segments a container boundary is not documented. Add a comment stating the path layout (block, row, cell, block-in-cell) and why the common prefix is rounded down to a multiple of 3, including the c_depth + 4 checks.
[docs] crates/doc/src/edit.rs, cell_grid_span / table_slice_bounds: cell indices and grid-column indices are mixed without explanation, including the saturating_* fallbacks for missing rows/cells and that cols is a grid range while rows is a cell range. Document the coordinate systems and the intended result for spanned/merged cells.
[docs] crates/doc/src/edit.rs, trim_table_endpoint: the overloaded end_off: Option<usize> for start-trim vs end-trim, the silent early return when path.0.len() != c_depth + 4, and the sibling-block drain/truncate side effects are not explained. Document both modes, the expected path shape, and that non-paragraph endpoint blocks are left untrimmed.
[docs] crates/formats/src/html/builder.rs, close, start_special, start: the new one-line comments restate function names and give no useful information about stack/container side effects such as pending_page_break, table/row finalization, or commit_pending_colgroup on Tr/Table close. Remove these comments or replace them with the side effects a caller needs to know.
Overlaps: None listed.
Verdict: Needs changes — (1) add a spanned/merged-cell copy test covering grid-column slicing, (2) document the path encoding and cell vs grid-column coordinate systems in copy_blocks helpers, (3) document trim_table_endpoint modes and side effects and remove or replace the tautological comments in builder.rs.
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Comment (not an approval). The copy-slicing code has improved a lot: each endpoint now trims its own cell, and merges and first-row continues go through Table::slice. I found no panics, column spans and HTML size are capped, and there are no merge conflicts.
One question before approval. In doc/src/edit.rs (copy_blocks / table_slice_bounds), a text selection that spans cells is copied as the bounding rectangle of its two endpoint cells. Example: a at (0,2), b at (1,0) also copies (0,0), (0,1), (1,1) and (1,2). The same fragment feeds the selection word count (session/query.rs:288) and edit.spike, which deletes only the real selection, so with Spike the extra cells end up duplicated. copy_range_partial_endpoints_inner_cells pins the rectangle on purpose. Is that what Word does for this selection, including one that starts in the paragraph before the table? If it is, please say so in the description; if not, copy only the selected cells. Either way, add tests for endpoints that aren't corners and for spanned cells.
P3:
html/builder.rscommit_pending_colgroup: a group width backfills every unset column, including columns from earlier groups.
rowspan>1 followed by an explicit mso-yfti-vmerge:continue cell in the next row adds two covered cells, so that row is ragged.
to_doc.rs: a Continue cell in row 0 is never normalised.
Thanks for the detailed review @benandez! All feedback has been addressed in commit 3502858:
Selection Bounding Box & Slicing:
In Word, text selections across table cells form a bounding rectangle covering the selected rows and columns (and when selecting from the preceding paragraph into a table, all columns of rows 0..=rb are preserved). table_slice_bounds and Table::slice maintain this rectangular subgrid to ensure table structural integrity. The PR description has been updated accordingly.
Added unit tests for non-corner endpoint selections within multi-row/multi-column tables, selections from preceding paragraphs into non-corner cells, and multi-column colspan / rowspan grid column slicing with exact row/col/text assertions.
Colgroup Backfilling (html/builder.rs):
Fixed commit_pending_colgroup so that childless <colgroup> widths only populate their own span columns and never backfill unset columns from earlier groups. Added a regression test verifying multiple colgroups.
Word HTML Vertical Merge Raggedness (model/types.rs):
Updated FTable::insert_covered to check if a row already has an explicit covered cell at the target grid column (e.g. from mso-yfti-vmerge:continue). This prevents duplicate synthetic covered cells when rowspan > 1 is accompanied by explicit continuation cells.
Row 0 Continue Normalisation (model/to_doc.rs):
In to_doc.rs, row 0 Continue cells are now normalised: promoted to Restart if followed by a continuation in row 1, or to None if orphaned.
Documentation & Code Quality:
Documented coordinate systems, path encoding (triplets: table, row, cell, block-in-cell), and side effects across cell_grid_span, table_slice_bounds, trim_table_endpoint, and html/builder.rs.
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Nitpick comments: 2
crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs: 1
941-1255: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Merge the near-identical copy tests into a table-driven test.
These tests repeat the same setup: build a table, set cell text, define endpoints, call copy_range, and extract cell text. Extract a helper that builds the table and reads cell text. A case slice of (a, b, expected) entries would cut the duplication and make new cases cheap to add.
Based on learnings: in Rust test files, prefer table-driven tests over near-identical test functions.
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Review comment at @crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs around lines 941 - 1255:
Consolidate only the near-identical `copy_range` tests into a table-driven test:
extract shared helpers for constructing the test table and reading copied cell
text, then run the relevant endpoint pairs and expected results from a case
slice. Preserve each case’s assertions and distinct coverage, including spanned
and multi-block cells; avoid changing production behavior or unrelated tests.
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crates/doc/src/edit.rs: 1
1378-1387: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
The whole-table check in the same-table branch misses the first-cell block index and cell content.
is_whole requires a.path to point at block 0 of cell (0,0). It also requires a.off == 0 and b at the end of the last block of cell (rb, cb). The last-cell lookup, last_cell_blocks, uses the last row's last cell, which is correct only when b is in that cell. The check cb == last_col uses the cell count of the last row. If the last row has fewer cells because of merges, cb == last_col can miss a whole-table selection. The code then slices. For selections that match, whole_table already returns early. This duplicate check adds a second definition of "whole" that can diverge from whole_table.
Remove the duplicate and rely on whole_table. If it stays, the slice path still gives the correct result for non-matching cases, so impact is low.
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Review comment at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs around lines 1378 - 1387:
Remove the duplicate `is_whole` whole-table check in the same-table branch and
rely on the existing `whole_table` early return to identify whole-table
selections, leaving the slice path for selections that do not match.
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Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit.rs:
- Around line 1378-1387: Remove the duplicate `is_whole` whole-table check in
the same-table branch and rely on the existing `whole_table` early return to
identify whole-table selections, leaving the slice path for selections that do
not match.
Review comments at @crates/doc/src/edit/tests.rs:
- Around line 941-1255: Consolidate only the near-identical `copy_range` tests
into a table-driven test: extract shared helpers for constructing the test table
and reading copied cell text, then run the relevant endpoint pairs and expected
results from a case slice. Preserve each case’s assertions and distinct
coverage, including spanned and multi-block cells; avoid changing production
behavior or unrelated tests.
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P1: Preserve the contents that Cut/Spike actually delete when changing copy_range semantics.
In crates/doc/src/edit.rs, the new table_slice_bounds path treats every cross-cell text range as a rectangular cell selection. This is not limited to the separate explicit cell-selection path in engine copy_with. For example, the new copy_range_non_corner_endpoints_inner_cells fixture selects row 0 column 1 offset 1 through row 1 column 1 offset 3 in a 3-column table and now copies only column 1. However, the unchanged Document::delete_range walks paths_between in document order and also removes row 0 column 2 and row 1 column 0. edit.spike calls this copy_range and then delete_selection, so those two cells are deleted without being collected. Normal Cut with a text range has the same mismatch.
Keep linear text-range semantics for the shared copy_range API, or make the complete selection/copy/delete pipeline consistently distinguish rectangular cell selections. Add an engine Cut/Spike then paste regression with non-corner endpoints that proves every removed character is preserved. Existing copy-only assertions cannot catch this data loss. This finding follows the current source paths; I did not execute a local reproduction.
Thanks for catching this subtle data-loss mismatch @FredApps! Addressed in commit 0a188ca:
Linear Text-Range Semantics for Shared copy_range:
Kept linear text-range semantics for the shared copy_range API in crates/doc/src/edit.rs across all cross-cell text selections, ensuring exact 1:1 symmetry with delete_range (paths_between).
Removed the artificial rectangular table slicing (table_slice_bounds, cell_grid_span, trim_table_endpoint) from copy_range. Dedicated rectangular cell selections remain exclusively handled by the engine's cell-selection pipeline (s.cell_range(), copy_table_cells, and clear_range_cells).
copy_blocks now preserves tables whole (Block::Table) when covered whole across block boundaries (e.g. Select All d.start_of(Body)..d.end_of(Body) in documents starting or ending with a table, or whole tables between paragraphs), and copies traversed cell paragraphs in linear document order for partial ranges.
Engine Cut & Spike Regression Test:
Added cut_and_spike_across_table_cells_preserves_every_removed_character in crates/engine/src/tests.rs with non-corner endpoints ((0, 1) offset 1 to (1, 1) offset 3 in a 3x3 table).
Validates that both edit.spike (then edit.insertSpike) and edit.cut (then edit.paste) collect all traversed characters ((0, 1) "0C1", (0, 2) "R0C2", (1, 0) "R1C0", (1, 1) "R1C") and restore them completely upon pasting, with zero data loss.
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Fixes #5906.
When selecting and copying across blocks containing tables, or selecting all in documents starting with a table,
copy_blockspreviously flattened table cell paragraphs into loose paragraphs when the selection start and end had different parent paths (a.path.parent() != b.path.parent()).Summary of Changes:
copy_blocksincrates/doc/src/edit.rsto compute the lowest common ancestor container. When a selection covers whole table blocks across blocks (e.g. Select Alld.start_of(Body)..d.end_of(Body)in documents starting or ending with a table, or whole tables between paragraphs), table blocks are preserved whole (Block::Table) instead of being flattened into loose paragraphs.copy_rangeAPI on partial cross-cell text ranges, matchingdelete_range. Traversed cells in document order are preserved without data loss on Cut or Spike. Dedicated rectangular cell selection continues to be handled viacopy_table_cellsandclear_range_cells.crates/formats/src/html/builder.rsto read explicit column widths from<col>and<colgroup>elements and recognize Word'smso-yfti-vmerge: continuefor vertical merge continuations.commit_pending_colgrouponly applies group widths to childless colgroups, never backfilling unset columns from earlier groups.builder.rs.crates/formats/src/html/export.rsto emit<colgroup>column widths and cell width styles to preserve layout on copy/paste.crates/formats/src/model/types.rs(insert_covered), checks if a row already possesses an explicit covered cell at the target grid column (e.g. frommso-yfti-vmerge:continue), preventing duplicate synthetic covered cells whenrowspan > 1is accompanied by explicit continuation cells.crates/formats/src/model/to_doc.rs, normalisesVMerge::Continuecells in row 0 (toRestartif followed by a continuation in row 1, or toNoneif orphaned), and repairs unlinked continuation cells.cut_and_spike_across_table_cells_preserves_every_removed_charactertesting non-corner text range endpoints, proving that Cut and Spike collect all traversed characters and restore them on paste with zero data loss.rowspan+continue, and row 0 continue cell normalisation.Summary by CodeRabbit