diff --git a/drawfence_test.go b/drawfence_test.go
index 701a3a4..d0e810b 100644
--- a/drawfence_test.go
+++ b/drawfence_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ func fenceCorpus(t *testing.T) *Generator {
 	t.Helper()
 	dir := writeFiles(t, with(geo(), map[string]string{
 		"addr.json":  `{"format":"{a} {b} {c}","a":"{/locality.name}, {/municipality.name}","b":{"format":"{/region[12].name} {/place}","drawGroup":"g"},"c":{"format":"{/place.zip} ","repeat":2}}`,
-		"place.json": `{"format":"{zip} {name} {tag}","rows":"place.tsv","key":"name"}`,
+		"place.json": `{"format":"{zip} {name} {tag} {/w}","rows":"place.tsv","key":"name"}`,
 		"place.tsv":  "name\tzip\ttag\nStockholm\t1{digits(2)} {digits(2)}\t{/x}\nTranås\t573 {digits(2)}\t{/region[12].name}\n",
 		"rec.json":   `{"format":"","l":"{/locality.name}","m":"{/municipality.name}","t":"{/place[Stockholm].tag}"}`,
 		"w.json":     `["x","y"]`,
diff --git a/table_test.go b/table_test.go
index 7af0cc4..9cce34e 100644
--- a/table_test.go
+++ b/table_test.go
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@ func TestTableFences(t *testing.T) {
 		"a name that is another row's key":               {map[string]string{"t.json": `{"format":"{a}","rows":"t.tsv","key":"a","name":"n"}`, "t.tsv": "a\tn\nx\ty\ny\tz\n"}, `"y"`},
 		"a cell reading its family":                      {with(geo(), map[string]string{"locality.tsv": "code\tname\tmunicipality\tnote\nL1\tStockholm\t0180\t{/municipality.code}\nL2\tSolna\t0184\t-\nL3\tMalmö\t1280\t-\nL4\tLund\t1281\t-\nL5\tGöteborg\t1480\t-\n"}), "family"},
 		"a format reading its family":                    {with(geo(), map[string]string{"locality.json": `{"format":"{name} {/region.name}","rows":"locality.tsv","key":"code","name":"name","parent":"municipality"}`}), "family"},
+		"a format's reference beside a path into it":     {map[string]string{"x.json": `{"format":"{v} {/z}","rows":"x.tsv","key":"code"}`, "x.tsv": "code\tv\n1\ta\n2\tb\n", "z.json": `{"format":"{a}","a":["p","q"]}`, "r.json": `"{/x} {/z.a}"`}, "renders its own draw of what {/z.a}"},
+		"a selected row's format selecting another row":  {map[string]string{"x.json": `{"format":"{v} {/y[1].w}","rows":"x.tsv","key":"code"}`, "x.tsv": "code\tv\n1\ta\n2\tb\n", "y.json": `{"format":"{w}","rows":"y.tsv","key":"k"}`, "y.tsv": "k\tw\n1\tm\n2\tn\n", "r.json": `"{/x[1]} {/y[2].w}"`}, "two rows of y"},
+		"a whole table's format selecting another row":   {map[string]string{"x.json": `{"format":"{v} {/y[1].w}","rows":"x.tsv","key":"code"}`, "x.tsv": "code\tv\n1\ta\n2\tb\n", "y.json": `{"format":"{w}","rows":"y.tsv","key":"k"}`, "y.tsv": "k\tw\n1\tm\n2\tn\n", "r.json": `"{/x} {/y[2].w}"`}, "two rows of y"},
 		"a descendant named like an ancestor's column":   {with(geo(), map[string]string{"region.tsv": "code\tname\tpopulation\tlocality\n01\tStockholms län\t2400000\tx\n12\tSkåne län\t1400000\ty\n14\tVästra Götalands län\t1750000\tz\n"}), `"locality"`},
 		"weight not a number":                            {map[string]string{"t.json": `{"format":"{a}","rows":"t.tsv","weight":"w"}`, "t.tsv": "a\tw\nx\tmany\ny\t2\n"}, `"many"`},
 		"weight zero":                                    {map[string]string{"t.json": `{"format":"{a}","rows":"t.tsv","weight":"w"}`, "t.tsv": "a\tw\nx\t0\ny\t2\n"}, "0"},