CSS display property and tables

I have published a blog-like article, “When even nested tables are
just great”, at my website:

http://www.friendlytest.com/doc/en.When_even_nested_HTML_tables_are_just_great.html

I would like to hear the Accessibility Community, if there is
consensus about the use of the CSS display property and the table
related values, “table”, “table-row” and “table-cell” for short.

In my opinion, tables should be made with table markup. Using e.g.
“div” elements and the display property to make tables, is not a
shortcut to get rid of the very last table of design.

If a table of design is necessary as an exception to the rule then use
a HTML table. It is simply too far out and misuse of the display
property, confusing, and bound to be less widely supported, to use
“div” and the display property as a substitute for a HTML table of
design?

Cheers
Jesper Tverskov

Received on Sunday, 26 April 2015 12:26:01 UTC