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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: May 12, 2016 10:00AM

Hello,
Do both, headings are nice if you do a find in the page for your train.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Mike Barlow < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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*
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> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Andrew Brandwood <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Thank you David,
> >
> > I have literally just added a caption to the table along with the
> relevant
> > scope for headings :)
> >
> > 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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> > >>>> 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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