Question

I can’t remember the recommendation on this — should it be avoided? Is it standards complaint?

I have a table — with actual tabular data inside of it — but one of the cells contains a bit more information.

The previous developer embedded a child table inside the cell. I’m contemplating replacing it with a pair of floated divs?

Is that okay?

Answer 1

I can’t remember the recommendation on this — should it be avoided?

It smells of divitus, but depends on the specifics.

Is it standards complaint?

Table cells may contain divs, and divs may contain divs.

I have a table — with actual tabular data inside of it — but one of the cells contains a bit more information.

Perhaps a better structure would involve splitting it into more columns.