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Re: Alternative Descriptions for Complex Tables

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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Jan 12, 2017 2:30PM

Hi Levon,

I would recommend at the very least a <caption> element that provides a very brief description of the table. I'm curious to hear about the use of the "summary" attribute on <table> versus "aria-label" or "aria-labelledby". Historically, we've used the "summary" attribute to provide a long description.

Nick

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Levon Spradlin
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Subject: [WebAIM] Alternative Descriptions for Complex Tables

I have a question about best practices for tables in HTML content. In PDFs, we can tag them with descriptive text. When tables in web content become too complex for screen reader users to navigate easily, what is the best solution for providing an alternative description? I was thinking that either before or after the table in page text, but I'm curious what others have done.

cheers,
Levon
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