1 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index de65c83e..e4bf230e 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
   var hasDirectives = {},
       Suffix = 'Directive',
       COMMENT_DIRECTIVE_REGEXP = /^\s*directive\:\s*([\d\w\-_]+)\s+(.*)$/,
-      CLASS_DIRECTIVE_REGEXP = /(([\d\w\-_]+)(?:\:([^;]+))?;?)/;
+      CLASS_DIRECTIVE_REGEXP = /(([\d\w\-_]+)(?:\:([^;]+))?;?)/,
+      TABLE_CONTENT_REGEXP = /^<\s*(tr|th|td|tbody)(\s+[^>]*)?>/i;
 
   // Ref: http://developers.whatwg.org/webappapis.html#event-handler-idl-attributes
   // The assumption is that future DOM event attribute names will begin with
@@ -1243,9 +1244,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
 
           if (directive.replace) {
             replaceDirective = directive;
-            $template = jqLite('<div>' +
-                                 trim(directiveValue) +
-                               '</div>').contents();
+            $template = directiveTemplateContents(directiveValue);
             compileNode = $template[0];
 
             if ($template.length != 1 || compileNode.nodeType !== 1) {
@@ -1644,6 +1643,28 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
     }
 
 
+    function directiveTemplateContents(template) {
+      var type;
+      template = trim(template);
+      if ((type = TABLE_CONTENT_REGEXP.exec(template))) {
+        type = type[1].toLowerCase();
+        var table = jqLite('<table>' + template + '</table>'),
+            tbody = table.children('tbody'),
+            leaf = /(td|th)/.test(type) && table.find('tr');
+        if (tbody.length && type !== 'tbody') {
+          table = tbody;
+        }
+        if (leaf && leaf.length) {
+          table = leaf;
+        }
+        return table.contents();
+      }
+      return jqLite('<div>' +
+                      template +
+                    '</div>').contents();
+    }
+
+
     function compileTemplateUrl(directives, $compileNode, tAttrs,
         $rootElement, childTranscludeFn, preLinkFns, postLinkFns, previousCompileContext) {
       var linkQueue = [],
@@ -1668,7 +1689,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
           content = denormalizeTemplate(content);
 
           if (origAsyncDirective.replace) {
-            $template = jqLite('<div>' + trim(content) + '</div>').contents();
+            $template = directiveTemplateContents(content);
             compileNode = $template[0];
 
             if ($template.length != 1 || compileNode.nodeType !== 1) {