id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
9197	IE: Selecting, applying styles or merging empty table cells in IE seems to be impossible	Korikulum		"It is not possible to select empty table cells in IE. This is the source of merging problem.

When trying to merge empty table cells in IE the context-menu ""Merge Cells"" option remains disabled.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open a new page
2. Create a table with multiple columns/rows
3. Try merging some empty cell
   a. **Try selecting some empty cells (won't work)**
   b. Right-click on ""selected"" cells to display context-menu
   c. The ""Merge Cells"" option is disabled
4. Try applying styles like background colour to multiple empty cells - won't work because you can't select these cells.


Reproducible in all versions of IE from CKEditor 3.0."	New Feature	confirmed	Normal		Core : Tables	3.0