- From: Bill Mason <w3c@accessibleinter.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:50:24 -0800
- To: Juan Ulloa <julloa@bcc.ctc.edu>
- Cc: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Juan Ulloa wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm wondering the scope attribute will work on table headers with colspans? > Like this: > > (I've taken out the closing tags for an easier read) > > <table> > > <tr> > > <th colspan="2" scope="col">main header 1</th> > > <th colspan="2" scope="col">main header 2</th> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <th scope="col">sub head a> > > <th scope="col">sub head b> > > <th scope="col">sub head c> > > <th scope="col">sub head d> > > </tr> > > Is the scope element enough? Can I simplify it more by getting rid of the > scope element in the entire second row? I read in a prior post that Jaws had > problems with this and in essence you need to use ID and headers. Is that > fixed in newer versions? I haven't tested this with anything in particular, but I think it would be more accurate to define colgroups at the start of the table: <colgroup span="2" /> <colgroup span="2" /> And then set the 'main header' th's to scope="colgroup". -- Bill Mason Accessible Internet w3c@accessibleinter.net http://www.accessibleinter.net/
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