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Re: th scope=row

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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Apr 6, 2016 10:20AM

You mean when a table uses both column and row headers? WebAIM.org <http://webaim.org/>; has an article on accessible tables: http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/data <http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/data>;

Brian Lovely
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> On Apr 6, 2016, at 12:09 PM, Trafford, Logan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> I'm documenting steps for non-technical content creators who have some limited control over table creation.
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> I'm looking for a clear explanation of when to define a first column cell as a <th> with scope="row" as opposed to it just being a <td>. Anybody have one, or know where in the W3C or WCAG resources to find one? WCAG references to "simple tables" but it doesn't actually explain what is meant by that (at least I can't locate an explanation). It also references using scope, but I can't seem to find anything that references if or when the first column HAS to be defined as a <th>.
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