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Re: Table with hidden first column

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From: R.U. Steinberg
Date: Oct 29, 2018 8:53AM

I will give it a try. Thank you.

Isabel, my thought is screen readers announce the row numbers already.

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:45 AM Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> > Would role="presentation" work?
>
> Role presentation does not hide content from screen readers but instead
> hides the semantic meaning behind the information -- basically just
> exposing the text and not the structure.
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