diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 471e047..a31b551 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -1190,6 +1190,57 @@
     .canvas-host [data-bareforge-container][data-bareforge-hint]:empty::before {
       content: attr(data-bareforge-hint);
     }
+    /* --- editor-only table fallback (no `columns` configured) -------- */
+    /* x-table is `display:grid` and x-table-row is
+       `grid-template-columns: subgrid`, both driven by the table's
+       `columns` attribute. With no `columns`:
+         - the table falls back to *implicit* tracks that size to
+           max-content, so its cells overflow the page box and ignore the
+           container's padding; and
+         - the row's subgrid collapses to one column, stacking cells
+           vertically.
+       Until `columns` is configured (it's inspector-editable), give the
+       table one shrinkable full-width track so it fits the container, and
+       flow each row's cells into equal auto columns so they read
+       horizontally. The moment the user sets `columns`, neither rule
+       matches and the real subgrid takes over — on the canvas and in the
+       export. Editor-only (.canvas-host). */
+    .canvas-host x-table:not([columns]),
+    .canvas-host x-table[columns=""] {
+      grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) !important;
+    }
+    .canvas-host x-table:not([columns]) x-table-row,
+    .canvas-host x-table[columns=""] x-table-row {
+      grid-template-columns: none !important;
+      grid-auto-flow: column !important;
+      grid-auto-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) !important;
+    }
+    /* The table/row/cell are nested grid items, and a grid item's default
+       `min-width: auto` (its content's min-content) blocks shrinking — so
+       populated cells refuse to fit and the row overflows the page box.
+       Let all three levels shrink to their track. Scoped to `:not(:empty)`
+       so EMPTY table elements keep the empty-container affordance's
+       `min-width: 120px` + `min-height: 80px` — otherwise an empty table
+       collapses in a flex/grid parent and has no droppable footprint to
+       drop the first row into. */
+    .canvas-host x-table:not(:empty),
+    .canvas-host x-table-row:not(:empty),
+    .canvas-host x-table-cell:not(:empty) { min-width: 0 !important; }
+    /* An EMPTY cell beside populated siblings is still a subgrid (or
+       auto-flow) grid item, not a standalone drop zone. The generic
+       empty-container affordance adds `margin: 4px 0`, and a stretched grid
+       item fills `track − margins` — so the empty cell renders ~8px shorter
+       than its populated siblings and sits vertically centred (4px gap top
+       and bottom) instead of filling the row. Its `min-width: 120px` also
+       fights the table's equal-width column tracks. Zero both for empty
+       table cells: the cell then stretches to the row height and follows its
+       column track, while the affordance's `min-height` floor + dashed
+       (empty) label survive so an all-empty row keeps a droppable footprint
+       (stretch wins whenever a sibling makes the row taller). */
+    .canvas-host x-table-cell[data-bareforge-container]:empty {
+      margin: 0;
+      min-width: 0;
+    }
     /* Containers that host an absolute :background child get this
        class from the reconciler so they form a positioned ancestor
        without touching their own inline style. `isolation: isolate`
diff --git a/src/bareforge/export/integrity.cljs b/src/bareforge/export/integrity.cljs
index 9043e34..9d9204d 100644
--- a/src/bareforge/export/integrity.cljs
+++ b/src/bareforge/export/integrity.cljs
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 ;; --- pure: URL composition ----------------------------------------------
 
 (defn manifest-url
-  "Compose the URL of BareDOM's integrity manifest at version `v` on
-   the CDN rooted at `cdn-base` (e.g. `https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/
-   @vanelsas/baredom`)."
+  "Compose the URL of BareDOM's integrity manifest at version `v` on the
+   CDN rooted at `cdn-base`
+   (e.g. `https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vanelsas/baredom`)."
   [cdn-base v]
   (str cdn-base "@" v "/dist/integrity.json"))
 
diff --git a/src/bareforge/meta/augment.cljs b/src/bareforge/meta/augment.cljs
index 979e728..0ed0ab5 100644
--- a/src/bareforge/meta/augment.cljs
+++ b/src/bareforge/meta/augment.cljs
@@ -653,7 +653,11 @@
   {:category :data
    :label    "Table"
    :properties
-   [{:name "columns"     :kind :number}
+   ;; `columns` is a grid-template-columns track list; the :grid-columns
+   ;; transform lets the inspector show/edit a simple count (3) while the
+   ;; stored attribute stays a real track layout ("repeat(3, 1fr)").
+   ;; Matches x-grid's columns field.
+   [{:name "columns"     :kind :number :transform :grid-columns}
     {:name "row-count"   :kind :number}
     {:name "caption"     :kind :string-short}
     {:name "selectable"  :kind :enum :choices ["none" "single" "multi"]
diff --git a/src/bareforge/meta/slots.cljs b/src/bareforge/meta/slots.cljs
index dd89774..22afe91 100644
--- a/src/bareforge/meta/slots.cljs
+++ b/src/bareforge/meta/slots.cljs
@@ -28,6 +28,78 @@
    "x-grid"
    [{:name "default" :label "Items" :multiple? true}]
 
+   "x-table"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Rows" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-table-row"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Cells" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-table-cell"
+   [{:name "default"   :label "Content"   :multiple? true}
+    {:name "sort-icon" :label "Sort icon" :multiple? false}]
+
+   ;; --- structural containers that collapse to ~0 height when empty ---
+   ;; Without an entry these fall through to the leaf default, so they get
+   ;; no container affordance and can't be dropped into. They all hold
+   ;; child components, so register a multiple-child slot.
+   "x-bento-grid"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Items" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-bento-item"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-fieldset"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Fields" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-form"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Fields" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-collapse"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-tabs"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Tabs" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-carousel"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Slides" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-breadcrumbs"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Items" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-timeline"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Items" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-timeline-item"
+   [{:name "label"   :label "Label"   :multiple? false}
+    {:name "icon"    :label "Icon"    :multiple? false}
+    {:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}
+    {:name "actions" :label "Actions" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-spotlight-card"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-morph-stack"
+   [{:name "state" :label "States" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-proximity-list"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Items" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-scroll"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-scroll-stack"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-scroll-story"
+   [{:name "media"   :label "Media" :multiple? false}
+    {:name "default" :label "Steps" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-scroll-timeline"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}]
+
+   "x-scroll-parallax"
+   [{:name "default" :label "Content" :multiple? true}]
+
    "x-split-pane"
    [{:name "start" :label "Start panel" :multiple? true}
     {:name "end"   :label "End panel"   :multiple? true}]
diff --git a/src/bareforge/render/canvas_view.cljs b/src/bareforge/render/canvas_view.cljs
index 15874d2..0f3becf 100644
--- a/src/bareforge/render/canvas_view.cljs
+++ b/src/bareforge/render/canvas_view.cljs
@@ -211,21 +211,38 @@
                        :pan-y (+ (unchecked-get pan-state "start-pan-y") dy))]
       (state/set-canvas-view! view'))))
 
+(defn editable-target?
+  "Pure: true when `el` is a text-editable widget (native input/
+   textarea/select or a contenteditable host). Used to decide whether
+   a Space keystroke is the user typing vs. arming the canvas pan."
+  [^js el]
+  (boolean
+   (and el
+        (or (.-isContentEditable el)
+            (contains? #{"input" "textarea" "select"}
+                       (some-> el .-tagName .toLowerCase))))))
+
 (defn- on-keydown!
   "Track Space so a subsequent left-button drag pans. Ignored when the
    keystroke targets an editable widget — typing a space into an
    inspector field must not arm pan. Preview mode is also ignored so
-   spaces typed into the rendered page stay spaces."
+   spaces typed into the rendered page stay spaces.
+
+   Reads the deepest composed-path node, not `.-target`: inspector
+   fields are custom elements (x-search-field, x-text-area) whose real
+   input lives in shadow DOM. A keydown bubbling to window is retargeted
+   to the host, so `.-target` would be the custom-element tag and the
+   editable check would miss it — swallowing the space."
   [^js e]
   (when (and (= " " (.-key e))
              (not (.-repeat e))
              (not (space-down?))
              (edit-mode?))
-    (let [^js t (.-target e)
-          tag   (some-> t .-tagName .toLowerCase)
-          ce?   (and t (.-isContentEditable t))]
-      (when-not (or ce?
-                    (contains? #{"input" "textarea" "select"} tag))
+    (let [^js path (.composedPath e)
+          ^js t    (if (and path (pos? (.-length path)))
+                     (aget path 0)
+                     (.-target e))]
+      (when-not (editable-target? t)
         (.preventDefault e)
         (unchecked-set pan-state "space-down?" true)
         (update-host-cursor!)))))
diff --git a/src/bareforge/ui/palette.cljs b/src/bareforge/ui/palette.cljs
index 081b918..83c7aae 100644
--- a/src/bareforge/ui/palette.cljs
+++ b/src/bareforge/ui/palette.cljs
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@
     ;; integer-string coercion exists as a safety net for legacy
     ;; docs, not as the authoring default.
     "x-grid"       {:attrs {"columns" "repeat(3, 1fr)"}}
+    ;; x-table is a CSS grid; its `columns` attr is a grid-template-columns
+    ;; track list that its subgrid rows inherit. Seed a default 3-column
+    ;; layout (same shape/convention as x-grid) so a dropped table has a
+    ;; real, inspector-editable column config — its `columns` field shows
+    ;; "3" via the :grid-columns transform — instead of an empty field and
+    ;; cells that depend on the canvas auto-flow fallback.
+    "x-table"      {:attrs {"columns" "repeat(3, 1fr)"}}
     ;; Overlay components default to `open=false`, so a bare drop renders
     ;; them closed — zero visible footprint on the canvas (collapsed
     ;; height, full-width host). Seed them open so they're visible and
diff --git a/test/bareforge/meta/registry_test.cljs b/test/bareforge/meta/registry_test.cljs
index f88afba..88d0b21 100644
--- a/test/bareforge/meta/registry_test.cljs
+++ b/test/bareforge/meta/registry_test.cljs
@@ -146,7 +146,15 @@
 
 (deftest container-true-for-registered-multi-slot-tags
   (doseq [tag ["x-container" "x-grid" "x-card" "x-navbar"
-               "x-modal" "x-drawer" "x-popover" "x-sidebar"]]
+               "x-modal" "x-drawer" "x-popover" "x-sidebar"
+               "x-table" "x-table-row" "x-table-cell"
+               ;; structural containers registered so they're droppable
+               "x-bento-grid" "x-bento-item" "x-fieldset" "x-form"
+               "x-collapse" "x-tabs" "x-carousel" "x-breadcrumbs"
+               "x-timeline" "x-timeline-item" "x-spotlight-card"
+               "x-morph-stack" "x-proximity-list" "x-scroll"
+               "x-scroll-stack" "x-scroll-story" "x-scroll-timeline"
+               "x-scroll-parallax"]]
     (is (true? (r/container? tag))
         (str tag " should be a container"))))
 
diff --git a/test/bareforge/render/canvas_view_test.cljs b/test/bareforge/render/canvas_view_test.cljs
index 9f42a37..cfd20ee 100644
--- a/test/bareforge/render/canvas_view_test.cljs
+++ b/test/bareforge/render/canvas_view_test.cljs
@@ -97,3 +97,28 @@
   (is (= "83%"  (cv/format-zoom-percent 0.834)))
   (is (= "25%"  (cv/format-zoom-percent cv/min-zoom)))
   (is (= "400%" (cv/format-zoom-percent cv/max-zoom))))
+
+;; --- editable-target? ----------------------------------------------------
+
+(deftest editable-target-recognises-native-inputs
+  (testing "Native text-editable tags arm typing, not pan"
+    (is (true? (cv/editable-target? #js {:tagName "INPUT"})))
+    (is (true? (cv/editable-target? #js {:tagName "TEXTAREA"})))
+    (is (true? (cv/editable-target? #js {:tagName "SELECT"})))
+    (is (true? (cv/editable-target? #js {:tagName "input"}))
+        "tag match is case-insensitive")
+    (is (true? (cv/editable-target? #js {:isContentEditable true
+                                         :tagName "DIV"}))
+        "contenteditable host counts as editable")))
+
+(deftest editable-target-rejects-non-editables
+  (testing "Non-editable targets fall through to the pan gesture"
+    (is (false? (cv/editable-target? #js {:tagName "DIV"})))
+    (is (false? (cv/editable-target? nil)))
+    ;; The crux of the bug: a keydown bubbling out of an inspector
+    ;; field's shadow DOM is retargeted to the custom-element host.
+    ;; That host must still be treated as non-editable here — the real
+    ;; editable check happens against composedPath()[0] (the inner
+    ;; native input), not this retargeted host.
+    (is (false? (cv/editable-target? #js {:tagName "X-SEARCH-FIELD"})))
+    (is (false? (cv/editable-target? #js {:tagName "X-TEXT-AREA"})))))
diff --git a/test/bareforge/render/slot_strips_test.cljs b/test/bareforge/render/slot_strips_test.cljs
index ad1880e..3f45f1e 100644
--- a/test/bareforge/render/slot_strips_test.cljs
+++ b/test/bareforge/render/slot_strips_test.cljs
@@ -11,15 +11,25 @@
     ;; strip with a label). x-navbar / x-modal / x-drawer / x-popover /
     ;; x-split-pane are multi-slot containers (they get N subdivisions).
     ;; x-sidebar is a single-slot container (one full-size strip).
+    ;; x-table / x-table-row / x-table-cell and the structural containers
+    ;; (bento, fieldset, form, collapse, tabs, carousel, breadcrumbs,
+    ;; timeline, scroll-*, …) each carry a :multiple? slot and qualify.
     ;; Leaves like x-button / x-typography / x-icon have no :multiple?
     ;; slot, so `classify-position` never returns :inside for them and
     ;; the strips would be dead zones — `render-strips?` excludes them.
     (let [all-tags   (keys slots/slots)
           qualifiers (set (filter ss/render-strips? all-tags))]
       (is (= #{"x-card" "x-grid" "x-container" "x-sidebar"
-               "x-navbar" "x-modal" "x-drawer" "x-popover" "x-split-pane"}
+               "x-navbar" "x-modal" "x-drawer" "x-popover" "x-split-pane"
+               "x-table" "x-table-row" "x-table-cell"
+               "x-bento-grid" "x-bento-item" "x-fieldset" "x-form"
+               "x-collapse" "x-tabs" "x-carousel" "x-breadcrumbs"
+               "x-timeline" "x-timeline-item" "x-spotlight-card"
+               "x-morph-stack" "x-proximity-list" "x-scroll"
+               "x-scroll-stack" "x-scroll-story" "x-scroll-timeline"
+               "x-scroll-parallax"}
              qualifiers)
-          "nine container tags qualify; leaves (x-button / x-typography / x-icon) do not")))
+          "all registered multi-child containers qualify; leaves (x-button / x-typography / x-icon) do not")))
   (testing "unknown tags fall through to single-slot default and return false"
     (is (false? (ss/render-strips? "x-made-up-tag")))
     (is (false? (ss/render-strips? nil)))
diff --git a/test/bareforge/ui/inspector_test.cljs b/test/bareforge/ui/inspector_test.cljs
index 423ed91..fc516cf 100644
--- a/test/bareforge/ui/inspector_test.cljs
+++ b/test/bareforge/ui/inspector_test.cljs
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@
   (let [node {:id "n" :tag "x-button" :attrs {} :props {}}]
     (is (nil? (model/current-value node {:name "variant" :kind :enum})))))
 
+(deftest grid-columns-transform-round-trips-table-columns
+  (testing "a seeded track layout shows as a plain count in the number field"
+    (let [node {:id "n" :tag "x-table" :attrs {"columns" "repeat(3, 1fr)"} :props {}}]
+      (is (= "3" (model/current-value
+                  node {:name "columns" :kind :number :transform :grid-columns})))))
+  (testing "a typed count commits as a track layout, custom lists pass through"
+    (is (= "repeat(5, 1fr)" (model/transform-for-commit :grid-columns "5")))
+    (is (= "2fr 1fr 1fr" (model/transform-for-commit :grid-columns "2fr 1fr 1fr")))))
+
 ;; --- inspector-model ------------------------------------------------------
 
 (deftest inspector-model-nil-without-selection
diff --git a/test/bareforge/ui/palette_test.cljs b/test/bareforge/ui/palette_test.cljs
index ad794e4..da25def 100644
--- a/test/bareforge/ui/palette_test.cljs
+++ b/test/bareforge/ui/palette_test.cljs
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
           (str tag " should seed open=\"\""))))
   (testing "sidebar seeds full width so a flow drop is a droppable block"
     (is (= "100%" (get-in (p/seed-for-tag "x-sidebar") [:layout :width]))))
+  (testing "table seeds a default 3-column track layout"
+    (is (= "repeat(3, 1fr)" (get-in (p/seed-for-tag "x-table") [:attrs "columns"]))))
   (testing "unknown tags get empty overrides"
     (is (= {} (p/seed-for-tag "x-some-unknown")))))