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Re: Tag Nomenclature Conventions

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Apr 17, 2019 12:50PM

The name associated with a tag is not seen by screen readers and is only visible to those doing the tagging. The contents inside the tag and any alternative/actual text and key roles are what is communicated to users of assistive technology.

Jon

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How important is it to have every tag identified within a complex table? I am currently working with some pretty gnarly and non-standard financial tables, and I have been more successful with taming them, but I am trying to be as thorough as possible. I have been naming each <TR> tag with the contents of the first cell to keep them straight when I construct them, but is it necessary? Or could it even be hampering screen reader software?

Thank you for your time,

Laurie