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Re: Table headings question

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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Jul 26, 2017 8:53AM

Those TH elements should have a scope="row". If they have visible text that could serve as a CAPTION, then have them properly mark it up. If not, then you may want them to add it or use the summary attribute. It doesn't look like they need column headers since it only has two columns and the first column has row headers.

Nick Beranek
Capital One

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:56 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Table headings question

I've run across the following table code and am not sure what to think. The table has <th> for the row headers cells only; there are no column headers. The table is also missing a caption.

Do data tables have to have column headers and caption to be accessible, or are row headers sufficient?

<div class="table-responsive">
<table class="table table-striped">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Hours</th>
<td>Monday-Friday from&nbsp;8 a.m. to 5 p.m</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Appointments</th> <td>[phone]</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Location</th> <td><a href="[url]"> [address]</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>

Thanks,
Vanessa
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