CSS2 substitue for colspan/rowspan

[JoshT]

Is there a official substitute defined in CSS2 for the colspan or rowspan attributes of table cells?

Thanks.

[cpradio]

I have not heard nor read of one. I really do not see it happening either has those attributes are solely for the <td> tag and would not be beneficial for say the <div> or <span> or any other tags.

[JoshT]

Actually, we should get it in CSS3, I was wondering if there's a current way to do it. It would benefit other tags - any tag defined as a table cell or related display method. CSS doesn't care what the HTML or XML tag is actually named.