- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 18:19:28 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 06/09/2018 18:05, Felix Miata wrote: > Semantically, an appropriate character instead of CSS: > > https://unicode-search.net/unicode-namesearch.pl?term=UNDERSCORE > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underscore Is that announced/exposed by assistive technologies in any way? > >> The fact that the row header already says "Total ..." is arguably >> sufficient I'd say. > > Nope. This convention is well over a century old, the source of the term "bottom > line". Those who skim balance sheets, income and cash flow statements for the > bottom line focus on the number column. > > If it wasn't for accountants, personal computers would have taken many years > longer, or may never have, become the ubiquitous tools that they did. The double > underscore isn't going away. Did anybody here say "don't provide a visual double underscore"? No. The question was about how to convey this not just visually. P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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