Re: Columns that span more than 1 column

And the short answer is,

Yes, I think. Colgroup, and other elements may be more appropriate.

Charles McCN (I'm pretty tired, so I might change my mind on reflection...)

On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Neff, Robert wrote:

  We are setting up a tables for data.  they have multiple columns and each
  column has a header.  We also have some rows that have spanned columns for
  things like "Chapter 1" then the following rows are unspanned and support
  the table headers.
  
  I am confused how the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines addresses this.
  They say that if you can read things line by line and they make sense, then
  that is a good "Quicktest."  They also list "colspan" and "rowspan" as
  attributes not directly related to accessibility.
  
  My question is, are rowspans and colspans acceptable in a table that has
  data?  
  
  many thanks, rob
  

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Received on Tuesday, 29 June 1999 19:01:45 UTC