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Re: first row in table not table headers

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jul 26, 2017 1:55PM

Is the table coded using valid HTML
You can run the table markup through https://validator.w3.org/nu/
If not, it is definitely a 1.3.1 violation in my opinion.
If it is valid, and if the <td> cells in the first row are not
actually regular table cells (i.e., the header cells in row two do not
apply to them), I think it is a pass.
If they are, you can headers/id or aria-describedby to tie them to the
header cells.


On 7/26/17, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I'd generally consider a data table that has non-data table stuff in it as a
> violation of SC 1.3.1.
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> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of Meacham, Steve - FSA, Kansas City, MO
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 2:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] first row in table not table headers
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> That's a unique way of doing things. I agree with your discomfort.
>
> If the <th> isn't at the top of the table, here's what I'd try to get,
> though you may be unable to affect this change either. The <td> cells that
> use those <th> headings could use the header/id attribute pairing to
> establish that connection. The pagination row would not. I'd then test the
> hell out of it see how things really behave, but first I'd make sure it's
> even possible in the .net control, which it sounds like you don't control.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Angela French
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 4:11 PM
> To: WebAim Forum ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )
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> Subject: [WebAIM] first row in table not table headers
>
> Hello,
>
> Looking for opinions. How egregious is it to have the first row of a data
> table be a row containing the paging links and the second row be the table
> headers?
> This rubs me the wrong way, but the .net control we are using does this and
> it would be significant amount of work to re-engineer it.
>
> Although simplified, this is what I'm describing:
>
> <table>
> <tr><td> Page: 1, 2, 3, .... </td></tr>
> <tr>
> <th>Column heading 1</th>
> <th>Column heading 2</th>
> Etc.
> </tr>
> <tr><td>cell 1</td><td>cell 2</td>etc.</tr> </table>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
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