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From: Margit Link-Rodrigue
Date: Nov 13, 2009 11:50AM

I am looking for advice on how to deal with data tables for users who access
a page with a magnifier/ high-contrast/or large text settings in general. If
I display a table with many columns on the page, the heading columns/rows
are outside the visible area most of the time and the reference of the table
cell is lost visually.

It is nearly impossible (I think) to create html tables that reliably
"freeze" the first column/row of a table, unless it has a fixed width.
Setting a fixed pixel width for a table does not work well for large data
tables either and it's not a good solution.

What's a good way to approach this issue in your opinion?

Thanks for any input.