- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 20:04:13 -0500
- To: "Ali (Alejandra) Beatty" <alib@ecollege.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
You may wish to review the following thread w3c - Scope attribute in Table tag <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2001JulSep/thread.html#133 >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2001JulSep/thread.html#133 Al At 07:27 PM 2001-11-05 , Ali (Alejandra) Beatty wrote: >I'm hoping I can get some advice for a complex layout combining tables and >form fields. I apologize for not having a sample page. The code is below for >anyone who wants to cut and paste. I've got a table laid out to input grades >for students (picture your 3rd grade teacher's gradebook). The first row is >the header for each unit of the class. In the first column is the student's >name (hence scope=row). In each cell, there's a input box for entering the >grade. I've got the headers/id combo for creating the cross-reference, the >problem is, what text to use as the label? Each of the input boxes has to be >named differently. They can't share the same ID, because ID has to be >unique. I can change the layout of the table, and repeat the headers and >student name for each student, but that seems very clunky for a sighted >user. I could use the student's name as the label, but then how can you hear >the difference between the field for unit 1 vs. unit 2? I've tried these >combinations with JAWS 3.7, and when it's reading a form field, it doesn't >give you the table header information. Very frustrating. > >TIA. Ali > ><caption>Student Gradebook</caption> ><table border=1 summary="Enter grades for your students"> > <tr> > <th></th> > <th id="0"> > Unit 1 > </th> > <th id="1"> > Unit 2 > </th> > > </tr> > <tr> > <td scope="row"> > <label for="stud1text1"> > <strong>Student 1</strong> </label> > </td> > <td headers="0"> > <input type="text" name="stud1text1" ></td> > <td headers="1"> > <input type="text" name="stud1text2" ></td> > </td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td scope="row"> > <label for="U1T1L1"> > <strong>Student 2</strong> </label> > </td> > <td headers="0"> > <input type="text" name="stud2text1" ></td> > <td headers="1"> > <input type="text" name="stud2text2" ></td> > </td> > </tr> ></table> > >> Ali Beatty >> Senior Developer >eCollege >alib@ecollege.com >phone 303.873.7400 ext. 3020 >fax 303.632.1719 > >> "Educators Working for Educators" >> >-------------------------------------------------------<http://www.ecolleg e.com/>www.eCollege.com >
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