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Re: JAWS 9 and the Layout Table Algorithm

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Mar 13, 2008 2:00PM

Mike,

Thanks for the suggestion. JAWS isn't announcing the table--like it
thinks it is a layout table. I tried adding in th elements and it seems
to ignore them.

I guess I might need to rebuild the table from scratch and keep adding
back items to it until I can recreate the problem.

Thanks!
Tim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of
>Moore, Michael
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:04 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS 9 and the Layout Table Algorithm
>
>Is JAWS not announcing the table at all, or is it just not
>announcing row and column headers? On my system, which is
>configured for JAWS not to announce layout tables, JAWS will
>announce any table that includes TH elements. I can also
>navigate to those tables using the "t" key.
>
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Tim
>Harshbarger
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:46 AM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: [WebAIM] JAWS 9 and the Layout Table Algorithm
>
>Does anyone know how JAWS 9 determines if a table is a layout
>or data table?
>
>I seem to be looking at a HTML table with 2 columns and 3 rows
>that JAWS thinks is a layout table, although the author
>intends it to be a data table. It looks like all the cells
>have content of some type.
>
>Thanks!
>Tim
>