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From: TRAUTWEIN_PAUL
Date: Nov 2, 2016 12:53PM

Hi,

I have a question about the use of captions in tables.

There are times when I want my captions to visually match the look and feel of my heading tags. (that's easy enough)

But there are also times when I'd like them to behave like a heading as well.

I found some code that I thought would work, but my tests don't bear it out using different browsers and screen readers:

<caption role="heading" aria-level="2->Heading Text</caption>

This works pretty well using JAWS on a PC, but they are skipped when listing headings using Voiceover on a Mac.

Is there a better way to do this, or should I simply skip the 'caption- and add a heading tag above the table?

Thanks.

Paul Trautwein | Web Coordinator
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