From 4e332500a8f3788ba3cba3aa7f79388df370f7b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:12:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add table raw cells when no table structure model was used

Signed-off-by: Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>
---
 docling/models/readingorder_model.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docling/models/readingorder_model.py b/docling/models/readingorder_model.py
index ba1bb45b..c9f7241e 100644
--- a/docling/models/readingorder_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/readingorder_model.py
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ class ReadingOrderModel:
 
                         tbl.footnotes.append(new_footnote_item.get_ref())
 
+                if tbl.data.num_rows == 0 and tbl.data.num_cols == 0:
+                    self._add_child_elements(element, tbl, out_doc)
+
                 # TODO: Consider adding children of Table.
 
             elif isinstance(element, FigureElement):