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Re: Tables with Header cells in the second column, not the first

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From: Stella Mudd
Date: May 16, 2012 3:19PM

No worries Jesse. I'm not sure about how to contact Freedom Scientific
about bugs. Hopefully someone will chime in.

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, Jesse Hausler wrote:

> My apologies Stella!
>
> I didn't see your most recent reply until just now. I need to start
> sorting my WebAIM folder by Subject so I don't miss anything.
>
> You certainly did put much effort into this, and I appreciate it - thank
> you.
>
> I'll reach out to Freedom. Is there a preferred channel?
>
> Jesse
>
> On 5/16/12 11:30 AM, "Stella Mudd" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Jesse,
>
> I would appreciate a thank you as well, as I spent a lot of time doing
> testing for you and coming up with what I think is a viable solution.
> Also, please let us know if you plan on reporting the issues to Freedom
> Scientific. As an FYI, to ensure accessibility across platforms, all the
> attributes, aria-describedby, headers, and scope are all important.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Stella
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Jesse Hausler < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >wrote:
>
> > Thanks for looking into this more Ryan.
> >
> > To clarify, I only did one method at a time. The results were always the
> > same however.
> >
> > Jesse
> >
> >
> > On 5/12/12 12:36 PM, "Ryan E. Benson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > Jesse,
> >
> > > I tried both of your suggestions but have found no success. Any other
> > thoughts? Here is my code. In both cases the <th> in the second column is
> > not read by jaws13 when using the Ctrl+Alt+5 command
> >
> > [Ryan]: I just took a look, and you either use the scope method or the
> > header/id method, not both. I don't have that level of knowledge which
> > one trumps the other, but my gut says headers/id because it is
> > explicitly binding things together. Given that, you didn't fully bind
> > the cells, therefore it doesn't fully work.
> >
> > --
> > Ryan E. Benson
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Jesse Hausler < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > wrote:
> > > Ryan and Stella,
> > >
> > > I tried both of your suggestions but have found no success. Any other
> > thoughts? Here is my code. In both cases the <th> in the second column is
> > not read by jaws13 when using the Ctrl+Alt+5 command.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jesse
> > >
> > > <table> <tr> <th scope="col">Day</th> <th
> > scope="col">Week</th> <th scope="col">Year</th> </tr>
> > <tr> <td>Monday</td> <th >2012</th>
> > <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <th >1982</th>
> > <td>Wednesday</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr>
> > <th>2000</th> <td>Thursday</td> <td>15</td>
> > </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <th id="dy">Day</th>
> > <th id="wk">Week</th> <th id="yr">Year</th> </tr>
> > <tr> <td headers="dy th3">Monday</td> <th
> > id="th3">2012</th> <td headers="yr th3">10</td> </tr>
> > </table>
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/7/12 5:12 PM, "Stella Mudd" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I believe if you remove the scope="row", cells to the left and right
> > should
> > > be read. Give it a try and let us know. Thanks!!
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Jesse Hausler < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> A colleague and I were playing around with simple tables tod