{
  "$schema": "../_schema.json",
  "format": "pptx",
  "element": "cell",
  "elementAliases": ["tc"],
  "parent": "row",
  "operations": {
    "add": true,
    "set": true,
    "get": true,
    "query": true,
    "remove": true
  },
  "paths": {
    "positional": [
      "/slide[N]/table[M]/tr[R]/tc[C]"
    ]
  },
  "note": "Appending a cell to a row is unusual — normally cells are seeded at row-Add time. This op exists for completeness; pptx tables are strictly rectangular, so a standalone Add cell only succeeds when the row currently has fewer cells than the table grid (an OOXML-illegal state).",
  "extends": "_shared/table-cell",
  "properties": {
    "text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "single-run text content. pptx-only override: prefer set tc[C] for cell text in pptx; standalone Add cell rarely has room to land within a rectangular table grid. Set + Get unchanged.",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop text=\"Hello\""],
      "readback": "string concatenated from all <a:r>/<a:t> in the cell paragraphs",
      "enforcement": "strict"
    },
    "colspan": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "horizontal cell span (a:tc @gridSpan) — number of grid columns this cell spans (>=2 means merged across). Setting colspan=N also stamps hMerge=true on the next (N-1) cells in the same row, matching the convenience prop merge.right. Surfaces on Get only when the cell spans more than one column. Canonical name matches docx; alias: gridspan.",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "aliases": ["gridspan"],
      "readback": "integer ≥ 2",
      "examples": ["--prop colspan=3"],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "rowspan": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "vertical cell span (a:tc @rowSpan). Settable: rowspan=N writes rowSpan=N on this anchor cell and vMerge=true on the (N-1) continuation cells directly below. Surfaces on Get only when the cell spans more than one row.",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop rowspan=2"],
      "readback": "integer ≥ 2",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "padding.left": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "left cell padding (a:tcPr @marL). Read-only readback; emitted as a unit-qualified length (cm/in/pt).",
      "add": false, "set": false, "get": true,
      "readback": "unit-qualified length, e.g. '0.25cm'",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "padding.right": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "right cell padding (a:tcPr @marR). Read-only readback; emitted as a unit-qualified length.",
      "add": false, "set": false, "get": true,
      "readback": "unit-qualified length, e.g. '0.25cm'",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "padding.top": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "top cell padding (a:tcPr @marT). Read-only readback; emitted as a unit-qualified length.",
      "add": false, "set": false, "get": true,
      "readback": "unit-qualified length, e.g. '0.13cm'",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "padding.bottom": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "bottom cell padding (a:tcPr @marB). Read-only readback; emitted as a unit-qualified length.",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "aliases": ["margin.bottom"],
      "examples": ["--prop padding.bottom=0.25cm"],
      "readback": "unit-qualified length, e.g. '0.13cm'",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "padding": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "shorthand to set all four cell paddings at once (a:tcPr @marL/@marR/@marT/@marB). Accepts a unit-qualified length applied to every edge.",
      "aliases": ["margin"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop padding=0.2cm"],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "valign": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "vertical text anchor (a:tcPr @anchor). top|center|bottom.",
      "add": true, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop valign=center"],
      "readback": "top|center|bottom",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "wrap": {
      "type": "bool",
      "description": "cell text wrap (a:txBody/a:bodyPr @wrap). true=square (wrap), false=none (clip to cell). Set on the cell's body properties.",
      "aliases": ["wordwrap"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop wrap=false"],
      "readback": "true|false",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "textdirection": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "cell text rotation (a:tcPr @vert). horizontal|vertical90|vertical270|stacked. Round-trips through the same canonical vocabulary.",
      "aliases": ["textdir", "vert"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop textdirection=vertical270",
        "--prop textdirection=stacked"
      ],
      "readback": "horizontal|vertical90|vertical270|stacked",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "direction": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "first-paragraph reading direction (a:pPr @rtl). ltr|rtl. Fans out to every paragraph in the cell's text body; readback reflects the first paragraph only.",
      "aliases": ["dir", "rtl"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop direction=rtl"],
      "readback": "ltr|rtl",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "merge.right": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "convenience for horizontal merge — merges N neighbor cells to the right into this one, so the total span becomes N+1 (writes gridSpan=N+1 on this cell and hMerge=true on the next N cells in the same row).",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop merge.right=2"],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "merge.down": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "convenience for vertical merge — stamps rowSpan=N on this cell and vMerge=true on the same column in the next N-1 rows.",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop merge.down=2"],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "bevel": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "3-D cell bevel (a:tcPr/a:cell3D). 'none' to clear, or a preset name (circle, slope, cross, angle, softRound, convex, coolSlant, divot, riblet, hardEdge, artDeco, …). Optional 'NAME;Wpt;Hpt' to set width/height.",
      "aliases": ["cell3d"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop bevel=circle", "--prop bevel=\"circle;6pt;6pt\""],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "opacity": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "fill alpha as a 0–1 fraction or 0–100 percent (post-applied to the cell's solid/gradient fill).",
      "aliases": ["fill.opacity", "alpha", "fill.alpha"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop opacity=0.5", "--prop opacity=50%"],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "image": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "embed an image file as the cell's blip fill (a:tcPr/a:blipFill). Path to a local image; relationship is added to the slide. Replaces any prior fill.",
      "aliases": ["imagefill"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": false,
      "examples": ["--prop image=logo.png"],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "linespacing": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "line spacing applied to every paragraph in the cell. Accepts multiplier ('1.5x', '150%') or fixed points ('18pt').",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop linespacing=1.5x", "--prop linespacing=18pt"],
      "readback": "multiplier (e.g. '1.5x') or unit-qualified length (e.g. '18pt')",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "spacebefore": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "space before every paragraph in the cell. Unit-qualified length ('12pt', '0.5cm').",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop spacebefore=6pt"],
      "readback": "unit-qualified length",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "spaceafter": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "space after every paragraph in the cell. Unit-qualified length ('12pt', '0.5cm').",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop spaceafter=6pt"],
      "readback": "unit-qualified length",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "align": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "first-paragraph horizontal alignment applied to every paragraph in the cell (a:pPr @algn). left|center|right|justify. Readback reflects the first paragraph only.",
      "aliases": ["alignment", "halign"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop align=center"],
      "readback": "left|center|right|justify",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "font": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Latin (and East Asian fallback) font typeface for every run in the cell. Fans out to a:rPr/a:latin + a:ea on every existing run.",
      "aliases": ["font.name", "font.latin"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop font=Calibri"],
      "readback": "typeface name",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "font size for every run in the cell (a:rPr @sz). Unit-qualified ('14pt') or bare number (points).",
      "aliases": ["font.size", "fontsize"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop size=14pt", "--prop size=10.5"],
      "readback": "unit-qualified length, e.g. '14pt'",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "bold": {
      "type": "bool",
      "description": "bold for every run in the cell (a:rPr @b).",
      "aliases": ["font.bold"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop bold=true"],
      "readback": "true|false",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "italic": {
      "type": "bool",
      "description": "italic for every run in the cell (a:rPr @i).",
      "aliases": ["font.italic"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop italic=true"],
      "readback": "true|false",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "underline": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "underline style for every run in the cell (a:rPr @u). single|double|none or any OOXML underline value.",
      "aliases": ["font.underline"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop underline=single", "--prop underline=double"],
      "readback": "single|double|… (OOXML token)",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "strike": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "strikethrough for every run in the cell (a:rPr @strike). single|double|none.",
      "aliases": ["strikethrough", "font.strike", "font.strikethrough"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop strike=single"],
      "readback": "single|double|none",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "color": {
      "type": "color",
      "description": "font color for every run in the cell (a:rPr/a:solidFill).",
      "aliases": ["font.color"],
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop color=FF0000", "--prop color=red"],
      "readback": "#RRGGBB uppercase or scheme color name",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "fill": {
      "type": "color",
      "description": "cell background fill. Accepts a solid color (hex, named, rgb(...)), scheme color name (accent1–accent6, dk1, dk2, lt1, lt2, hyperlink), 'none' for explicit no-fill, or a gradient string 'COLOR1-COLOR2[-ANGLE]' (e.g. 'FF0000-0000FF-90'). Stored as a:solidFill/a:noFill/a:gradFill on a:tcPr.",
      "aliases": [
        "background",
        "shd",
        "shading"
      ],
      "add": true,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop fill=FFFF00",
        "--prop fill=#FF0000",
        "--prop fill=red",
        "--prop background=accent1",
        "--prop fill=none",
        "--prop fill=\"FF0000-0000FF-90\""
      ],
      "readback": "#RRGGBB uppercase, 'gradient' (with separate 'gradient' key), or 'image' for picture fill",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "baseline": {
      "type": "number",
      "add": false,
      "set": false,
      "get": true,
      "description": "first run baseline offset for the cell text (percent units; positive=raised).",
      "readback": "percent (e.g. 30)",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "hmerge": {
      "type": "bool",
      "add": false,
      "set": false,
      "get": true,
      "description": "true on cells continued from a horizontal merge anchor (CT_TableCell @hMerge).",
      "readback": "true on continuation cells",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "vmerge": {
      "type": "bool",
      "add": false,
      "set": false,
      "get": true,
      "description": "true on cells continued from a vertical merge anchor (CT_TableCell @vMerge). Surfaced by Query for table cells.",
      "readback": "true on continuation cells",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "image.relId": {
      "type": "string",
      "add": false,
      "set": false,
      "get": true,
      "description": "relationship id of an embedded image used as the cell's blip fill.",
      "readback": "relationship id token",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "border.all": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "all four cell edges. Format: 'WIDTH[ DASH][ COLOR]' (e.g. '1pt solid FF0000') or 'STYLE;WIDTH;COLOR[;DASH]' (style ignored — kept for docx parity). DASH ∈ solid|dot|dash|lgDash|dashDot|sysDot|sysDash. Use 'none' to clear. Alias: border. Stored as a:lnL/lnR/lnT/lnB on a:tcPr. Cross-format note: docx only accepts the semicolon form 'STYLE;SIZE;COLOR' — pptx is more lenient.",
      "aliases": [
        "border"
      ],
      "add": true,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop border.all=\"1pt solid FF0000\"",
        "--prop border=none",
        "--prop border.all=\"single;4;FF0000\""
      ],
      "enforcement": "report",
      "readback": "edge descriptor 'WIDTH DASH #COLOR' (e.g. '2pt solid #FF0000')"
    },
    "border.bottom": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "bottom border. Format: STYLE[;SIZE[;COLOR[;SPACE]]]. Cross-format note: pptx accepts a space-separated 'WIDTH DASH COLOR' form; docx only accepts the semicolon form 'STYLE;SIZE;COLOR' (SIZE is in 1/8 pt units).",
      "add": false,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop border.bottom=\"1pt solid 808080\"",
        "--prop border.bottom=\"double;6;0000FF\""
      ],
      "enforcement": "report",
      "readback": "edge descriptor 'WIDTH DASH #COLOR' (e.g. '2pt solid #FF0000')"
    },
    "border.left": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "left border. Format: STYLE[;SIZE[;COLOR[;SPACE]]]. Cross-format note: pptx accepts a space-separated 'WIDTH DASH COLOR' form; docx only accepts the semicolon form 'STYLE;SIZE;COLOR' (SIZE is in 1/8 pt units).",
      "add": false,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop border.left=\"1pt solid 808080\"",
        "--prop border.left=\"single;4\""
      ],
      "enforcement": "report",
      "readback": "edge descriptor 'WIDTH DASH #COLOR' (e.g. '2pt solid #FF0000')"
    },
    "border.right": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "right border. Format: STYLE[;SIZE[;COLOR[;SPACE]]]. Cross-format note: pptx accepts a space-separated 'WIDTH DASH COLOR' form; docx only accepts the semicolon form 'STYLE;SIZE;COLOR' (SIZE is in 1/8 pt units).",
      "add": false,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop border.right=\"1pt solid 808080\"",
        "--prop border.right=\"single;4\""
      ],
      "enforcement": "report",
      "readback": "edge descriptor 'WIDTH DASH #COLOR' (e.g. '2pt solid #FF0000')"
    },
    "border.tl2br": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "diagonal from top-left to bottom-right (a:lnTlToBr). Format same as border.all. Cross-format note: docx only accepts the semicolon form 'STYLE;SIZE;COLOR' — pptx is more lenient. Get returns sub-keys border.tl2br.color, border.tl2br.width, border.tl2br.dash, and a summary border.tl2br key.",
      "add": true,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop border.tl2br=\"1pt solid FF0000\"",
        "--prop border.tl2br=\"single;4;FF0000\""
      ],
      "enforcement": "report",
      "readback": "summary 'WIDTH DASH #COLOR' plus border.tl2br.color/.width/.dash sub-keys"
    },
    "border.top": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "top border. Format: STYLE[;SIZE[;COLOR[;SPACE]]]. Cross-format note: pptx accepts a space-separated 'WIDTH DASH COLOR' form; docx only accepts the semicolon form 'STYLE;SIZE;COLOR' (SIZE is in 1/8 pt units).",
      "add": false,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop border.top=\"2pt solid 000000\"",
        "--prop border.top=\"single;4;000000\""
      ],
      "enforcement": "report",
      "readback": "edge descriptor 'WIDTH DASH #COLOR' (e.g. '2pt solid #FF0000')"
    },
    "border.tr2bl": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "diagonal from top-right to bottom-left (a:lnBlToTr). Format same as border.all. Cross-format note: docx only accepts the semicolon form 'STYLE;SIZE;COLOR' — pptx is more lenient. Get returns sub-keys border.tr2bl.color, border.tr2bl.width, border.tr2bl.dash, and a summary border.tr2bl key.",
      "add": true,
      "set": true,
      "get": true,
      "examples": [
        "--prop border.tr2bl=\"1pt solid FF0000\"",
        "--prop border.tr2bl=\"single;4;FF0000\""
      ],
      "enforcement": "report",
      "readback": "summary 'WIDTH DASH #COLOR' plus border.tr2bl.color/.width/.dash sub-keys"
    }
  }
}