From 1d1a16d1da049414304b30f4fa0cf1cac53d72dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: x0Lazarus <113273587+x0Lazarus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:33:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Omit span junctions when row separators are disabled

---
 src/cell.js             | 11 +++++++++++
 test/issues/355-test.js | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/issues/355-test.js

diff --git a/src/cell.js b/src/cell.js
index d1fff67..3a3aa42 100644
--- a/src/cell.js
+++ b/src/cell.js
@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ class Cell {
    * @returns {String}
    */
   drawTop(drawRight) {
+    // Spanning cells can use top/bottom junctions for internal row separators.
+    // Do not let those junctions restore a separator that was explicitly hidden.
+    if (
+      this.y > 0 &&
+      this.chars.mid === '' &&
+      this.chars.leftMid === '' &&
+      this.chars.midMid === '' &&
+      this.chars.rightMid === ''
+    ) {
+      return '';
+    }
     let content = [];
     if (this.cells) {
       //TODO: cells should always exist - some tests don't fill it in though
diff --git a/test/issues/355-test.js b/test/issues/355-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd3102c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issues/355-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const Table = require('../..');
+
+describe('empty row separators with column spans', () => {
+  const options = {
+    chars: { mid: '', 'left-mid': '', 'mid-mid': '', 'right-mid': '' },
+    colWidths: [5, 5],
+    style: { head: [], border: [] },
+  };
+
+  test('does not draw a junction below a spanning cell', () => {
+    const table = new Table(options);
+    table.push([{ content: 'wide', colSpan: 2 }], ['one', 'two']);
+
+    expect(table.toString()).toEqual(['┌───────────┐', '│ wide      │', '│ one │ two │', '└─────┴─────┘'].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  test('does not draw a junction above a spanning cell', () => {
+    const table = new Table(options);
+    table.push(['one', 'two'], [{ content: 'wide', colSpan: 2 }]);
+
+    expect(table.toString()).toEqual(['┌─────┬─────┐', '│ one │ two │', '│ wide      │', '└───────────┘'].join('\n'));
+  });
+});