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Re: lift and complex tables

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Mar 7, 2007 7:00AM

On 07/03/07, Moore, Michael < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Lift just tests tables, it does not make them accessible. The free
> editions of the WAVE, WebXact, and Cynthia Says will also allow you to
> test simple and complex tables. Making complex tables accessible
> requires the application of id attributes to the th elements and
> matching those ids to the proper cells using the header attribute in the
> td element. This can be done using any editor capable of editing web
> pages. Dreamweaver, for instance has a good wizard for creating
> accessible tables, or if you just want to be hard core, you can do
> everything in notepad.

That assumes, though, that this is a data, not a layout, table. Gary
didn't say which type it is.

Tim