Jan, This is a great question. Most sites do hide the caption for the reason you mentioned. You can also use an aria-label for the table or an aria-labelledby and reference existing text on the page. I do not recommend using a summary attribute since this is no longer supported with HTML 5. Hope this helps. Alan Smith From: Jan Hellbusch Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2019 5:46 AM To: 'Rakesh Paladugula'; 'Nimisha Joshi'; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: RE: Okay to hide table caption? > 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. First of all, consider whether the table can be considered a section of the page. If so, it will need a heading (or caption). See also sc 2.4.10. Secondly, if the table needs a caption, then it should be for all. If it doesn't, then you probably don't need a caption for screen readers only. Thirdly, if some users find captions "visually unattractive", what about the rest? Perhaps it just needs some styling to become less distracting. Jan -- Hellbusch Accessibility Consulting Chemnitzer Str. 50, 44139 Dortmund Tel.: +49 (231) 58054815 Mobil: +49 (163) 3369925 -- Accessibility-Consulting seit 2000 Leistungen, Bücher, Artikel: https://www.barrierefreies-webdesign.de Blog: https://www.hellbusch.de
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