How is the grid table column width calculated in pandoc?

How is the grid table column width calculated in pandoc?

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Dear All,

The pandoc user guide shows the following example for a grid table:

: Sample grid table.

+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
| Fruit         | Price         | Advantages         |
+===============+===============+====================+
| Bananas       | $1.34         | - built-in wrapper |
|               |               | - bright color     |
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
| Oranges       | $2.10         | - cures scurvy     |
|               |               | - tasty            |
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+

Which renders the following html using the default writer:

<table style="width:74%;">
<caption>Sample grid table.</caption>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 22%" />
<col style="width: 22%" />
<col style="width: 29%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th>Fruit</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Advantages</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Bananas</td>
<td>$1.34</td>
<td><ul>
<li>built-in wrapper</li>
<li>bright color</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Oranges</td>
<td>$2.10</td>
<td><ul>
<li>cures scurvy</li>
<li>tasty</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

My question is, where does it get the width values in col style from? Also
how can I adjust those to an exact value if I know the value I want to set
it to?

Regards,

Amine

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Re: How is the grid table column width calculated in pandoc?

[Joseph Reagle]

It is estimated based on the width of the markdown table.

> In multiline tables, the table parser pays attention to the widths of the columns, and the writers try to reproduce these relative widths in the output. So, if you find that one of the columns is too narrow in the output, try widening it in the Markdown source.

I don't know if there's an exact way, but I nudge my columns wider, if needed, with comments:

```
::: {#infobox}

+-----------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+
|       COMM 1255       |                          |                        |
|       <2022-SP>       |       Office hours       |        Content         |
|     <!-- 31848 -->    |                          |                        |
+=======================+==========================+========================+
| TU/FR 9:50--11:30\    | *TU appointments         | * [Policies][qp]       |
| [Hayden 424][qm]\     | at 15:30+*\              | * [Assignments][qa]    |
|                       | Prof. Reagle,            | * [Rubric][qru]        |
|                       | <j.reagle>\              | * [Resources][qre]     |
|                       | Comm Studies,            | * [Schedule][qs]       |
| <!-- width ...... --> | <!-- width ........  --> | <!-- width ......  --> |
+-----------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+

:::

```

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