Implement columnspan for MathML’s mtd element
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Description
I see there has been some discussion, but no progress on this matter. A customer of ours intends to use MathJax for presentational MathML rendering. There are some aligned expressions in their content, currently expressed using mtd/@columnspan, since this works in Firefox’s native MathML implementation at least. <maligngroup/> does not seem to be supported by both implementations. I’m aware of #1104. Is there any chance that either alignment markers or column/row spanning attributes will be supported any time soon? Will it accelerate development if the customer provides some funding?
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Research direction
Review the MathJax v2.2 feature discussion linked in the issue and the related issue #1104. Determine whether support should target mtd/@columnspan, row spanning, or alignment markers, then define the required MathML rendering behavior and tests before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100