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Re: Table Column Headings

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From: Michael D. Roush
Date: Nov 3, 2003 9:02AM

From: "Tim Harshbarger" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
> They do have headers for the table. Unfortunately, this particular
project
> team made the table with the headers a separate table. They did this so
> they could create a scrollable table while making the headers static.
>


Ahhh, *now* it's making sense. I can picture what they are doing. Is the
'scrollable table' in a full frame, or in an iframe?

Either way, how about just putting the headers at the top of the
'scrollable' table as well? I think that would make a good intermediate
solution until something else can be thought of. You might think it looks a
bit 'odd' at first, but once you start scrolling the table, the reason for
the 'extra headers' makes sense. If you have a couple thousand rows of
data, a 'floating header' like this is a big help. But, there is an
accessibility issue, which is why the question was brought in the first
place.

If it's a full frame, you might even be able to load the frame with a
particular point in the page at the top of the frame and 'hide' the repeated
header from the viewer when they first see it.



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