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Re: Travel Live departures and tables (Andrew Brandwood)

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From: Mike Barlow
Date: May 12, 2016 8:45AM

David, I agree that captions should be available for all tables (that's
just part of good table design along with scopes), but mightn't a user find
it easier to "scroll" through the headings than through table captions?

*Mike Barlow*
Web Application Developer
Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME

Lancaster, Pa 17601
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On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Andrew Brandwood <
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> Thank you David,
>
> I have literally just added a caption to the table along with the relevant
> scope for headings :)
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> Cheers
> Andrew
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> On 12/05/2016, 15:12, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of David Farough" <
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> >Hi Andrew:
> >Instead of headings before the tables, I would recommend coding the
> >caption for the table.
> >
> >This way when a user moves to the table, they will get the caption for
> >the table first. Screen reader users can move from one table to another
> >using quick navigation keys. they can also list the tables on a page.
> >the caption for the table will be included in this list. This makes for
> >very efficient navigation.
> >
> >David Farough
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> >Coordonnateur de l'accessibilité des applications, Services intégrés de
> >gestion des TI
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> >>>> Mike Barlow < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 09:13 AM Thursday, May 12, 2016
> >>>>
> >Andrew, depending on how big your schedule is yes a table within a
> >list
> >probably would get too confusing (if your table is small and the list
> >small). However, if you're doing a single page with lots of different
> >trains you might want to consider doing something like using a heading
> >(like an H2) for each train and then a table for the schedule for that
> >train. I've found that individuals who use screen readers tend to like
> >to
> >go through the headings to find areas on a page to review then a table
> >within each heading makes it easy to browse.
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