- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:43:53 -0500
- To: "Johannes Koch" <koch@w3development.de>, "WAI-GL" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Johannes wrote: <blockquote> Some people think, that it's better to have a hx element preceding the table because they can be jumped to by several ATs. With a need to add a caption, it would be like <h2>table caption</h2> <table> <caption>table caption</caption> ... </blockquote> Johannes is right to point out the potential for annoying redundancy here, especially if the body text also contains a full description/explanation of the table. I'm not sure about Window-Eyes, HAL, or other screen readers, but with JAWS the user can jump directly to any table on the page by pressing the letter "t". If the table has a <caption> element, JAWS speaks the caption; it will also speak the summary if it's present. Pressing the "t" would cause JAWS to bypass the H<x> element in the example above. Again, I'm not certain how other screen readers would handle this. John "Good design is accessible design." Dr. John M. Slatin, Director Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, fax 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu Web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Johannes Koch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:08 PM To: WAI-GL Subject: Re: [techs] Table Summary Tests (111, 112, 113, 114, 203) Chris Ridpath wrote: > Having the table description explicitly associated with the table > means > it can be used even if the table is disassociated with the body content. I see your point. > Even if the table is fully described within the document content I > don't > think it would hurt to duplicate a short portion of the description > within the summary, caption or title. Some people think, that it's better to have a hx element preceding the table because they can be jumped to by several ATs. With a need to add a caption, it would be like <h2>table caption</h2> <table> <caption>table caption</caption> ... </table> -- Johannes Koch In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum. (Te Deum, 4th cent.)
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