- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:24:45 +0200
On Mar 13, 2007, at 22:29, Asbj?rn Ulsberg wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:07:20 +0100, Simon Pieters > <zcorpan at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Many pages use tables where only the first column are header >> cells, e.g.: >> >> <table> >> <tr><th>Foo <td>Bar >> <tr><th>Foo <td>Bar >> <tr><th>Foo <td>Bar >> </table> >> >> With the current algorithm for assigning header cells to data >> cells, the first <th> won't be a header cell for any data cells. > > Can't 'scope="row"' be used? > >> In order to be more compatible with existing content, and in order to >> not require authors to use more complex markup for such a simple >> table >> like the one above, I think it probably should be. > > Yea, perhaps. I'd vote for 'scope', though. When the options are badgering innumerable authors into doing something and making relatively few users agents implement slightly smarter heuristics, the latter should win. -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen at iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
Received on Thursday, 22 March 2007 12:24:45 UTC