[Bug 5822] The headers attribute should be able to reference a td

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5822


Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>  2008-07-02 18:04:06 ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Make the "Budgeted", "Actual", and "Forecasted" cells into <th>s, and remove
> all the headers="" and scope="" attributes. The automatic header association
> algorithm will automatically make the table work correctly.

So a data cell can have more than one header in scope (chained headers), and a
cell containing data can be marked up as a header cell, and can also appear in
the middle of a data table?

> If you really want
> the first column to be repeated for every cell, you can make "Partner Portal"
> and "Partner Portal 2" into <th>s too, that will similarly work fine.

We would want it repeating, as the context would be gone without it (if the
user navigates by column, they need to know which portal the value belongs to).
If it can be a th (considering it has a header), that would be fine.

> (Note in particular that users don't gain anything by hearing "Property" --
> they only need Budgeted, Running cost, and the date. Indeed, hearing "Property"
> over and over again would probably be detrimental to the user experience.)

The user wouldn't hear "Property" over and over again, other than when they
query the cells "Budgeted", "Actual", and "Forecasted", which is where they
would be required.


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