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What

In a Word 2013 document (compatibility mode 15), a cell's text starts its margin in from the border's centre. When half the border is wider than the margin, that put the text on the border. Word keeps the text clear of it: the text starts, and ends, at the border's inner edge.

Measured in Word for Windows

A two-column table at the margin (72 pt), 100 pt columns, the same single border on every side, read from the PDF Word exports (pdftotext -bbox). The x where the first cell's text starts, and where the second cell's starts after the line between them:

Border	Cell margins	Word	WordCraft before	After
0.5 pt	0.75 pt	72.98, 173.06	73.00, 173.00	the same
1.5 pt	0.75 pt	73.58, 173.54	73.50, 173.50	the same
3 pt	0.75 pt	75.02, 174.98	74.25, 174.25	75.00, 175.00
6 pt	0.75 pt	78.02, 177.98	75.75, 175.75	78.00, 178.00
6 pt	5.4 pt	80.42, 180.38	80.40, 180.40	the same

Right-aligned text ends the same way on the cell's other side (Word: 171.87 with a 3 or 6 pt border and 0.75 pt margins, against WordCraft's 172.75 and 174.25 before). In compatibility mode 14 the text starts at 72 whatever the border, in Word and in WordCraft, so Word 2010 documents are left as they are.

@Menonro measured the same in #5181: 59.66 for a 3 pt border with 0.75 pt margins, 62.66 for 6 pt.

Change

layout_table works out a cell's side insets once its borders are known: from compatibility mode 15 on, each is the larger of the cell margin and half the visible border on that side. The ruler's cell_margins is unchanged.

Not changed: AutoFit's column measuring still counts the margins alone, so a table whose columns are sized to their content can be a few tenths of a point narrower than Word's around a thick border.

Tests

• layout::tests::a_cells_text_stays_clear_of_a_side_border_wider_than_twice_its_margin: both cells' left and right insets for 3 and 6 pt borders with 0.75 pt margins, a border exactly twice the margin, a margin wider than half the border, and Word 2010. It fails without the change.
• cargo fmt --all --check, cargo clippy -p wordcraft-layout --all-targets -- -D warnings and cargo test -p wordcraft-layout (718 passed) on Windows.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Table cell text now stays clear of thick side borders in compatibility mode 15 and later, while preserving margin-based spacing in earlier modes.
  • Right-to-left tables now apply cell spacing to the corresponding mirrored borders.

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Walkthrough

Table layout now accounts for visible side borders when setting cell text insets in compatibility mode 15 and later. Earlier modes retain margin-only spacing. Regression tests and parity notes cover the behavior.

Changes: Table-cell border clearance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Compatibility-aware cell text insets crates/layout/src/table.rs, crates/layout/src/tests.rs, docs/layout-parity.md	In compatibility mode 15 and later, text insets use the greater of the resolved margin or half the visible side-border width, capped at 12 points. RTL cells map margins to mirrored borders. Earlier modes retain margin-only spacing. The test checks both compatibility modes, and the parity document records the behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: vangel76, finwarman, dkhlapov

Merge Risk: Low · up to 5e8ca

In Word 2013 compatibility mode, automatic-width tables with thick side borders can wrap or overflow text that previously fit, which may increase row height. The change is otherwise contained to table cell insets and is reversible. Consider reserving the border clearance during AutoFit measurement before or soon after merge.

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The title names the main behavior change: a cell's text stays clear of a side border wider than twice its margin, from Word 2013 (compatibility mode 15). The raw summary confirms the table layout change in crates/layout/src/table.rs, the regression test, and the parity doc entry, so the title matches the changeset. It is long at 94 characters and 18 words, but it is specific and not misleading.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Include border clearance in AutoFit measurement.

For an automatic table with ample room, column_content measures a word of width W with 0.75 pt margins as W + 1.5. table_frame passes that measurement to autofit. With 6 pt side borders, Line 588 then leaves only W - 4.5 for the word. This forces wrapping or overflow and can increase row height and page count.

Use the same effective side insets in column_content, measure_table_columns, and final cell layout. The acknowledged measurement limitation changes text wrapping, not only column width.

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Review comment at @crates/layout/src/table.rs around lines 587 - 588:
Update column_content, measure_table_columns, and final cell layout to use the same effective side insets, including border clearance, so autofit measurements account for the space removed by borders. Preserve consistent text wrapping between measurement and rendering, not just matching the calculated column width.

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