- From: Eric Eggert <ee@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:48:53 +0200
- To: "EOWG (E-mail)" <wai-eo-editors@w3.org>
Looks like table headers have yet another nicety left for us. See below. I wonder if that means that we need to advice to only use <th scope="row|col"> when they are in the first row or column… Argh tables! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ -- Eric Eggert Web Accessibility Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at Wold Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Forwarded message: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2015JulSep/0000.html > From: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> > To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> > Subject: RE: About ccategory- simple data tables with one header > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 13:12:47 +0000 […] > Also of confusion in the tutorial is the use of scope in examples with > ids and headers. There is no advice on whether use of scope alongside > ids and headers is wrong or required. > http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/multi-level/ > The tutorial also incorrectly states "By using the row value for scope > assigns the header cells in the second column to data cells on the > left and the right of the individual header cell." When in fact it > only applies to the right in LTR languages. […] > Jonathan > > -- > Jonathan Avila > Chief Accessibility Officer > SSB BART Group > jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com > Phone 703.637.8957 > Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Blog | Newsletter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sailesh Panchang [mailto:spanchang02@yahoo.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:41 AM > To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org > Subject: About ccategory- simple data tables with one header > > Here is an appeal: please reconsider the need to single out "Tables > with one header " as a separate category of simple tables in the > tutorial [1]. If retained, revise the situations where they are > suitable and the corresponding examples. > A simple data table must have both row and column headers marked up. > There are perhaps very specific instances when this is not the case: > e.g. 1: A calendar grid typically has a row containing days of week > (column headers) and no row header column. > e.g. 2: The first column of a two-column data table has row > identifiers or row headers. The table may be devoid of a column > header row. > > The smallness of a table with data itself being distinctly different > in each column as stated in the tutorial [1] does not justify absence > of row headers for those tables. > > I am still looking for answers posed in my emails below: > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-eo-editors/2015Jun/0041.html > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-eo-editors/2015Jun/0033.html > [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/one-header/ > Thanks, > Sailesh Panchang > > >
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