Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 6932)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 6933)
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/7804">#7804</a> : The HTML5 <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/wbr.html"><code>wbr</code></a> tag is now recognized by the editor</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/7867">#7867</a> : The file browser for the background image in the Document Properties dialog window did not work.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/7130">#7130</a> : The column resizer gripping area is not anymore invading into the adjacent table cells.</li>
 		<li>Updated the following language files:<ul>
 			<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/7834">#7834</a> : Dutch;</li>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/tableresize/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/tableresize/plugin.js	(revision 6932)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/tableresize/plugin.js	(revision 6933)
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@
 
 			// Calculate the pillar boundary positions.
-			var pillarLeft, pillarRight, pillarWidth, pillarPadding;
+			var pillarLeft, pillarRight, pillarWidth;
 
 			var x = td.getDocumentPosition().x;
@@ -112,7 +112,4 @@
 
 			pillarWidth = Math.max( pillarRight - pillarLeft, 3 );
-
-			// Make the pillar touch area at least 14 pixels wide, for easy to use.
-			pillarPadding = Math.max( Math.round( 7 - ( pillarWidth / 2 ) ), 0 );
 
 			// The pillar should reflects exactly the shape of the hovered
@@ -124,6 +121,5 @@
 				y : tbodyPosition.y,
 				width : pillarWidth,
-				height: tbody.$.offsetHeight,
-				padding : pillarPadding,
+				height : tbody.$.offsetHeight,
 				rtl : rtl } );
 		}
@@ -136,8 +132,7 @@
 		for ( var i = 0, len = pillars.length ; i < len ; i++ )
 		{
-			var pillar = pillars[ i ],
-				pad = pillar.padding;
-
-			if ( positionX >= pillar.x - pad && positionX <= ( pillar.x + pillar.width + pad ) )
+			var pillar = pillars[ i ];
+
+			if ( positionX >= pillar.x && positionX <= ( pillar.x + pillar.width ) )
 				return pillar;
 		}
@@ -350,7 +345,5 @@
 				return 0;
 
-			var pad = pillar.padding;
-
-			if ( !isResizing && ( posX < pillar.x - pad || posX > ( pillar.x + pillar.width + pad ) ) )
+			if ( !isResizing && ( posX < pillar.x || posX > ( pillar.x + pillar.width ) ) )
 			{
 				detach();