Re: Accessible tables

And the <caption>...</caption> tag.
(Goes after the <table> tag.)

Barry

(Sorry, forgot the first time.)BJ

--- Barry Johnson <b_w_j(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
> But don't forget to use the summary attribute!
> <table (size) (border) (etc) summary="Table used for
> layout.">
> or
> <table (size) (border) (etc) summary="This table
> displays the results of...">
> 
> Barry Johnson
> 
> --- Donna Smillie <dms(at)zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > If you are using tables to display genuinely
> tabular
> > information, as in the
> > example below, rather than just to lay out the
> page
> > visually, you should use
> > TH to identify row and column headings.
> > 
> > (WAI priority 1 checkpoint 5.1: For data tables,
> > identify row and column
> > headers).
> > 
> > The "scope" attribute is useful if you need to
> > identify which table cells
> > the heading refers to, i.e. when the table goes
> > beyond simple "1 heading for
> > each row or column" structure.
> > 
> > (WAI priority 1 checkpoint 5.2: For data tables
> that
> > have two or more
> > logical levels of row or column headers, use
> markup
> > to associate data cells
> > and header cells).
> > 
> > For anyone using speech or braille output, tables
> > can get pretty confusing,
> > since you get the content read out one cell at a
> > time, row by row.  By the
> > time you get to row 5 column 4, remembering what
> the
> > row and column headings
> > were for that cell can become difficult! :-)  Some
> > screen readers offer the
> > facility for the user to trigger the screen reader
> > to read out the headings
> > associated with the current table cell, but the
> > software can only do that if
> > the headings are coded as headings (TH) rather
> than
> > data (TD).
> > 
> > Of course, TH (or any of the available additional
> > markup like "scope")
> > should *not* be used in any table which is being
> > used purely for layout
> > purposes, since that could become even more
> > confusing - just use it for
> > tables displaying tabular information.
> > 
> > HTH!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Donna
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Emerald Spirit <emerald_spirit(at)yahoo.com>
> > To: <aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:16 AM
> > Subject: RE: Accessible tables
> > 
> > 
> > > OK...
> > >
> > > I haven't looked at availability standards in a
> > while,
> > > but I don't remember anything about scope.  Can
> > > somebody explain?  Also, I don't typically use
> > header
> > > rows , just typical TR and TD and TABLE tags...
> > are
> > > header rows necessary for availability
> standards,
> > or
> > > just the preference of the HTML coder?
> > >
> > > Rebecca
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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