+static bool IsEmptyContainer(wxHtmlContainerCell *cell)
+{
+    for ( wxHtmlCell *c = cell->GetFirstChild(); c; c = c->GetNext() )
+    {
+        if ( !c->IsTerminalCell() || !c->IsFormattingCell() )
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+void wxHtmlContainerCell::RemoveExtraSpacing(bool top, bool bottom)
+{
+    if ( top )
+        SetIndent(0, wxHTML_INDENT_TOP);
+    if ( bottom )
+        SetIndent(0, wxHTML_INDENT_BOTTOM);
+
+    if ( m_Cells )
+    {
+        wxHtmlCell *c;
+        wxHtmlContainerCell *cont;
+        if ( top )
+        {
+            for ( c = m_Cells; c; c = c->GetNext() )
+            {
+                if ( c->IsTerminalCell() )
+                {
+                    if ( !c->IsFormattingCell() )
+                        break;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    cont = (wxHtmlContainerCell*)c;
+                    if ( IsEmptyContainer(cont) )
+                    {
+                        cont->SetIndent(0, wxHTML_INDENT_VERTICAL);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        cont->RemoveExtraSpacing(true, false);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( bottom )
+        {
+            wxArrayPtrVoid arr;
+            for ( c = m_Cells; c; c = c->GetNext() )
+                arr.Add((void*)c);
+
+            for ( int i = arr.GetCount() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+            {
+                c = (wxHtmlCell*)arr[i];
+                if ( c->IsTerminalCell() )
+                {
+                    if ( !c->IsFormattingCell() )
+                        break;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    cont = (wxHtmlContainerCell*)c;
+                    if ( IsEmptyContainer(cont) )
+                    {
+                        cont->SetIndent(0, wxHTML_INDENT_VERTICAL);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        cont->RemoveExtraSpacing(false, true);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+