<table id="tablex">
<thead>
<tr>
<th id="header" colspan="4">header</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td id="footer" colspan="4">footer</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="margin" rowspan="2"></td>
<td id="panel" rowspan="2">panel panel panel panel panel panel panel</td>
<td id="tabs">tabs</td>
<td class="margin" rowspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td id="content">content content content content content</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p>tabs height should remain at 10px, as specified. only content should expand as side panel fills, but in IE7/8/9 (maybe ie6, too?), tab height is recalculated despite having a fixed height. this is probably not as reduced a testcase as it can be. the rowspans seem necessary to trigger the bug</p>