Problem Description

Creating table from wiki markup or upgraded content from wiki markup, wrap the cells with p tag and create some unnecessary margin. It has been fixed in 4.1.7 and it didn't replicatable in Confluence 4.2.x. However it does occur in Confluence 4.3 and 4.3.1. See image below for more information.

Table created from Rich text editor

Table created from Wiki markup

Steps to replicate

1. Click Insert >> Wiki Markup.
2. Create table from there, for example like the following.

   ||Col_1||Col_2||Col_3||
   |Row|Row|Row|
   |Row|Row|Row|
   

3. Now create table using Rich text editor and notice the difference

Workaround

Insert the following on custom stylesheet. Either from Confluence Admin >> Stylesheet or Space Admin >> Stylesheet.

.confluenceTh p, .confluenceTd p {
	margin:0 !important;
}