[Bug 24447] New: make recommendation not to use tables for layout more explicit and expand issue(s) explanation

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24447

            Bug ID: 24447
           Summary: make recommendation not to use tables for layout more
                    explicit and expand issue(s) explanation
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

"Tables should not be used as layout aids. Historically, many Web authors have
tables in HTML as a way to control their page layout making it difficult to
extract tabular data from such documents. In particular, users of accessibility
tools, like screen readers, are likely to find it very difficult to navigate
pages with tables used for layout. If a table is to be used for layout it must
be marked with the attribute role="presentation" for a user agent to properly
represent the table to an assistive technology and to properly convey the
intent of the author to tools that wish to extract tabular data from the
document."
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/tabular-data.html#the-table-element

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Received on Thursday, 30 January 2014 09:43:18 UTC