Patent ID: 6981209

Claim:
In a computer system with a textual mark-up language engine, a table sizing code segment designed to auto-size table elements, a table cell sizing code segment designed to auto-size table cell elements, an altering code segment performing a method comprising: in the case determining that a table sizing code segment is causing a table cell sizing code segment to execute a code path determining a minimum width table cell measurement for a given table cell element with a horizontal character flow property, causing the table cell sizing code segment to execute a code path using a minimum width input designed for a table cell element with the horizontal character flow property; and in the case determining that a table sizing code segment is causing a table cell sizing code segment to execute a code path determining a minimum width table cell measurement for a given table cell element with a vertical character flow property, causing the table cell sizing code segment to execute using a maximum width input that is likely to cause element content to be flowed into a single vertical line.