Format text across multiple table cells doesn't work right

[Andreas Hebeisen]

The bug I describe here seems to be new since version ~2.6.3. I don't think I've seen this behavior in earlier versions.

Please fix this for the final 2.6.4 since it drives our web authors crazy. Thanks!

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Browsers & OS:

• Firefox 3.0 on Windows XP and on Mac OS X => 10.4
• Camino 1.6 on Mac OS X >= 10.4

Browser Exception: With Safari 3.2.1 on OS X it works perfect!

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Steps to reproduce:

1. create a table withe some rows and columns
2. fill all the cells with some text
3. make a selection across multiple cells (click and drag, or by using the Shift- or Command-keys)
4. Now try to format the text by using the Bold-Icon or try to assign a text color.

The result: Only the text of just one of the marked cells will be formatted while the rest remains untouched.

Below you'll find the generated HTML code. As you can see, just cell in Row 1, Column 2 (R1C2) has received the text color even though I marked more then just one cell.

<table width="200" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>R1C1</td>
            <td><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R1C2</span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>R2C1</td>
            <td>R2C2</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>R3C1</td>
            <td>R3C1</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

[Martin Kou]

Tidied up the description a bit.