Unplanned
Last Updated: 24 Mar 2026 09:05 by ADMIN
Babu
Created on: 01 Oct 2025 13:07
Category: WordsProcessing
Type: Bug Report
1
WordsProcessing: Width property defined in style is not respected in the <colgroup> <col> element

When imported in the WordsProcessing model, the current HTML doesn't respect the defined column width and all columns have identical width:

    <colgroup>
        <col span="1" style="width: 33.3302%;">
        <col span="1" style="width: 17.5658%;">
        <col span="1" style="width: 49.104%;">
    </colgroup>

Observed result:

Expected result:

Workaround: use the width property as follows:

    <colgroup>
        <col span="1" width="33.3302%">
        <col span="1" width="17.5658%">
        <col span="1" width="49.104%">
    </colgroup>
2 comments
ADMIN
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal
Posted on: 24 Mar 2026 09:05

Hello, Claudio,

If you convert HTML content to RTF format, note that the column widths are explicitly specified in the RTF. They are defined in two ways, which is normal for a RTF table:

1. Absolute column boundaries (\cellxN): The effective column layout is determined by the \cellx values, which define the right edge of each column measured in twips (1 twip = 1/20 of a point). For example: 

\cellx3000
\cellx6000
\cellx9000

2. Preferred cell widths (\clwWidth + \clftsWidth): Each cell also contains a preferred width hint, for example: 

\clwWidth375
\clftsWidth3

Where:

\clftsWidth3 = preferred width in twips
\clwWidthN = width value

When opening the RTF document in MS Word it displays the columns with proper width comparted to the produced result with defining the width in the style attribute:

If you are still facing any further difficulties, I would highly encourage you continue the communication in the support ticket you have opened on the same topic (instead of this public feedback bug report). Thus, we could preserve the communication private and I would be able to provide further assistance. Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal
Progress Telerik

Love the Telerik and Kendo UI products and believe more people should try them? Invite a fellow developer to become a Progress customer and each of you can get a $50 Amazon gift voucher.

Claudio
Posted on: 23 Mar 2026 13:12

According to our experience this does not make any difference.

In the generated RTF code we still find the following widht values:

\cltxlrtb\cellx3000

\cltxlrtb\cellx6000

\cltxlrtb\cellx9000