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Re: Table Headers In Separate Table From Data

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: May 2, 2018 11:32AM

Yes, we have several of these tables on our administration site, and are currently working on making them appear as one table. Unfortunately it isn't only the fact that the two tables need to be pseudo-merged, we also have a checkbox to select the row and a button to edit data on a row in the first column, and need to make sure items are labeled appropriately. Our plan right now is to have the table with only headers be marked with aria-hidden, and then to have the second table have column headers that are being masked visually by the first table but that will be available to the screen reader.

I have also fooled around with using aria-owns and role=presentation, but have had not been able to consistently have this provide a good rendering in all systems.

Jonathan Cohn
> On May 2, 2018, at 1:00 PM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> I am curious if list subscribers have an idea why web developers use a design that puts the column headers of a table in a separate table. What benefits does this achieve, independent of accessibility concerns, that have caused this to start happening?
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> People do this so that the table body can scroll and the header can be fixed.
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