Re: Complex Tables and the TH element

Hi Terrence,

The WCAG test suite has a couple of tests that apply to layout tables. These 
have not been accepted by the group but there is some support for them:

Test 114 - All layout tables have an empty summary or no summary.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/test114.html

Test 115 - All layout tables do not contain caption elements.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/test115.html

Test 137 - All layout tables do not contain TH elements.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/test137.html

Try to avoid using layout tables. Use CSS instead.

Cheers,
Chris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence Wood" <tdw@funkive.com>
To: "WAI Interest Group" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:58 PM
Subject: Complex Tables and the TH element


>
> Greetings,
>
> I am developing processes for converting complex financial documents to
> valid, accessible HTML.
>
> Traditionally, I have marked up tables where the first column is marked up
> as a TH and set scope="row" for accessibility (and semantic meaning).
>
> However, some of the documents I am working with are 5 column Statements
> of Financial Position where the first two columns are estimated numbers,
> followed by a column containing the row labels, and finishing with two
> columns of actual numbers.
>
> A quick perusal of the HTML 4.0 recommendation does not preclude me from
> marking up the cells in column 3 as TH with scope="row". I am wondering if
> anyone else has marked up documents in this manner, or can elighten me if
> this is an abuse of HTML 4.0, or is aware that this presents a significant
> barrier to assistive technologies?
>
> kind regards
> Terrence Wood.
>
>

Received on Thursday, 22 September 2005 13:23:10 UTC