Short description

From the point of view of accessibility, tables are used for the presentation of data only and not for layout purposes. There are various rules for doing a good accessible table (see e.g. http://www.webaim.org/techniques/tables/ and http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/Overview.html), mainly by providing a caption and a summary for a table. However, the most important thing is designate 1) row and/or column headers and 2) associate cells with these headers. Only if this is done, screenreader users can properly navigate in a talbe, because the screenreader can now tell the exact position in the table.

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Related topics

FeatureRequests/AccessibleDataBrowserWidget


CategoryFeatureRequest CategoryEasy

MoinMoin: FeatureRequests/AccessibleDataTables (last edited 2010-09-30 21:26:16 by ReimarBauer)