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Re: accessible tables: colgroup vs headers and ids

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From: Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
Date: Apr 15, 2016 2:17PM

They look correct to me and work properly with JAWS 16 on IE11.

Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Civil Rights Office
(512) 438-3431 (Office)

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Subject: [WebAIM] accessible tables: colgroup vs headers and ids

Hello,
I would appreciate a little accessibility-related feedback on the two tables on this page<http://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/policies-rules/policy-manual/ch6-append-h.aspx>;. We have used the scope attribute, in an attempt to make complex tables accessible, because that is all that the text editor in our CMS provides. However, the accessibility validator in our CMS, which uses http://achecker.ca throws errors for not using headers and ids. Does properly used colgroup suffice, or is it necessary to hand code such tables with headers and ids to make them accessible?

Thanks,



Angela French
Internet/Intranet Specialist
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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