Re: Okay to hide table caption?

Hi Nimisha,


Having captions for tables is not a WCAG requirement. Hiding it will not 
make any difference, I believe you are not hiding any important 
information for sighted user.

Also question yourself, what additional information that benefit SR user 
are you providing through visually hidden captions? If the answer is "No 
additional information is provided that specifically benefit SR users" 
you may  also consider not providing caption to any user.


Thanks & Regards

Rakesh


On 4/24/2019 10:58 PM, Nimisha Joshi wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> What are your thoughts on visually hiding table caption on a webpage 
> but keep it available for the screen reader? The reason we are 
> exploring this option is because some of our clients find table 
> captions “visually unattractive.” In most cases, the surrounding 
> content gives the user enough context to understand the table's data 
> and I was wondering if hiding it for sighted users would be okay.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nimisha
>