RE: [techs] Table Summary Tests (111, 112, 113, 114, 203)

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 
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Austin, TX 78712 
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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.)

Received on Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:43:57 UTC