fix(super-editor): preserve rows without cells when merging

[bogdanyluk]

Fixes #3782

Summary

Fixes table formatting corruption after merging multiple full-width rows in an imported DOCX.

Root cause

ProseMirror represents a full-width vertical merge as:

• A merged cell with colspan and rowspan
• An empty continuation row
• The following normal rows

When serialized, the empty row has no content property. The layout adapter discarded this row, causing the next row to be processed while the merged columns were still occupied. AutoFit then placed its cells in additional columns, widening the table and rendering cells outside its right boundary.

Fix

• Preserve structurally empty table rows in the layout adapter.
• Normalize missing row content to an empty array.
• Keep empty rows in the table’s row timeline so rowspans advance correctly.
• Continue omitting tables where every row is empty.
• Add regression coverage for a full-width, multi-row merge followed by a normal row.

Screenshots

Before

After

Test Plan

• Import .docx with a table (from the issue).
• Confirm the table initially renders with three aligned columns.
• Select every cell across two or more adjacent blank rows and merge them.
• Verify the merged cell spans the full table width and both selected rows.
• Verify all subsequent rows remain aligned to the original three-column grid.
• Verify no cells protrude beyond the table’s right edge.
• Undo and redo the merge and confirm the table remains correctly formatted.

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