CSS table colspan

by Emiliano López

HTML

<div class="table">
    <div class="table-row">
        <div class="table-cell">
            top left cell
        </div>
        <div class="table-cell">
            top right cell
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="table-row">
        <div class="table-cell colspan">
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        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="table-row">
        <div class="table-cell">
            bottom left cell
        </div>
        <div class="table-cell">
            bottom right cell
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.table {
    display: table;
    table-layout: fixed;
    width: 100%;
    border-collapse: collapse;
}

.table-row {
    display: table-row;
    border-collapse: collapse;
}

.table-cell {
    display: table-cell;
    padding: 5px;
    border: 1px solid black;
}

.table-cell.colspan {
    display: none;
    /* collapse border */
    margin-top: -1px;
    margin-bottom: -1px;
}

JavaScript

var rowWidth = $('.table-row:first').width();
var colWidth = $('.table-cell:first').width();
var marginRight = colWidth - rowWidth + 11;
$('.table-cell.colspan').css('margin-right', marginRight + 'px').show()