{
  "$schema": "../_schema.json",
  "format": "docx",
  "element": "column",
  "elementAliases": ["col"],
  "parent": "table",
  "operations": {
    "add": true,
    "set": false,
    "get": false,
    "query": false,
    "remove": true
  },
  "paths": {
    "positional": ["/body/tbl[N]/col[C]"]
  },
  "note": "Virtual element — OOXML has no <w:col> child of <w:tbl>; the path is synthesized from <w:tblGrid>/<w:gridCol> + the per-row cell at column slot C. Same-table only for move/copy. Get/Set/Query at the column level are not supported (read width via /body/tbl[N] tblGrid or per-cell tcW). Insert is rejected when the column slot crosses a merged cell (gridSpan/vMerge) — unmerge first.",
  "properties": {
    "width": {
      "type": "length",
      "description": "column width in twips (or any twips-parseable length).",
      "add": true, "set": false, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop width=2400", "--prop width=3cm"],
      "readback": "n/a (column-level Get not implemented; inspect tblGrid)",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "seed text inserted into every new cell of this column (one paragraph per cell).",
      "add": true, "set": false, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop text=Header"],
      "readback": "not surfaced at column level",
      "enforcement": "strict"
    }
  }
}