JAWS Practice: Tables

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Data Tables

To skip to a table, press the T key. To navigate between cells, hold down Ctrl + Alt and use the arrow keys to move from cell to cell. Ctrl + Alt + 5 on the numeric keypad will read the row and/or column headers for the current cell.

Table with one row and one column of headers

The following table contains one row and one column of headers. Headers and cells are correctly associated using the <th> element and the scope attribute.

Dept. Code/ Class Number Section Max Enrollment Current Enrollment Rm # Days Start Time End Time Inst.
BIO 100 1 15 13 5 Mon,Wed,Fri 10:00 11:00 Magde
BIO 100 2 15 7 5 Tue,Thu 11:00 12:30 Indge
BIO 205 1 15 9 6 Tue,Thu 09:00 10:30 Magde
BIO 315 1 12 3 6 Mon,Wed,Fri 13:00 14:00 Indge
BUS 150 1 15 15 13 Mon,Wed,Fri 09:00 10:00 Roberts
BUS 210 1 10 9 13 Mon,Wed,Fri 08:00 09:00 Rasid

The following table is the same table as above, but headers and cells are not correctly associated.

Dept. Code/ Class Number Section Max Enrollment Current Enrollment Rm # Days Start Time End Time Inst.
BIO 100 1 15 13 5 Mon,Wed,Fri 10:00 11:00 Magde
BIO 100 2 15 7 5 Tue,Thu 11:00 12:30 Indge
BIO 205 1 15 9 6 Tue,Thu 09:00 10:30 Magde
BIO 315 1 12 3 6 Mon,Wed,Fri 13:00 14:00 Indge
BUS 150 1 15 15 13 Mon,Wed,Fri 09:00 10:00 Roberts
BUS 210 1 10 9 13 Mon,Wed,Fri 08:00 09:00 Rasid

Tables with multiple row headers

The following complex table contains two columns of row headers. Headers and cells are correctly associated using the "id" and "headers" attributes.

Shelly's Daughters
  Name Age Birthday
by birth Jackie 5 April 5
Beth 8 January 14
by marriage Jenny 12 Feb 12

The following table is the same table as above, but headers and cells are not correctly associated.

              Shelly's Daughters

  Name Age Birthday
by birth Jackie 5 April 5
Beth 8 January 14
by marriage Jenny 12 Feb 12

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