+ When an hbox has surplus room, omitted widths keep their preferred size + and only width="auto" children absorb the slack. In a constrained hbox, + auto behaves the same as an omitted width. +
+ ++ When a fixed-height vbox has surplus room, omitted heights stay at their + preferred size and only height="auto" children grow. In a constrained + fixed-height vbox, auto behaves like an omitted height. +
+ ++ This fixed-height vbox splits across pages. The first fragment contains + only fixed-height children. The continuation fragment contains an omitted + height and a height="auto" child, so only that page shares surplus height + with the auto child. +
+ ++ Fixed and percent columns keep their authored sizes. In a roomy table, + omitted columns keep preferred width while width="auto" columns split + surplus. In a tight table, auto columns shrink first so omitted columns + can keep preferred width. +
+ ++ Fixed-height tables preserve fixed and percent rows, then share true + surplus height only with rows containing height="auto" cells. + Natural-height tables leave auto rows at preferred height. +
+ ++ This direct page-child table is a height="auto" child of the page vbox. + Each split fragment receives the remaining page height, then shares + surplus only with the height="auto" table rows present on that fragment. +
+ +