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Re: "scope" question regarding tables

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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Mar 1, 2004 6:22PM

1. The "Salsa Sauces" should be the caption for the table:

<table>
<caption>Salsa Sauces</caption>
<tr>
<thead>
<th scope="col">Special Price on Select Items</th>
...
</thead>

2. The salsa rating could be put in the same header cell as the labels "mild", "Medium" and "Hot" or be used as a title attribute to provide more information.

Jon



---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:29:22 -0600
>From: "Kharmen Roman" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: "scope" question regarding tables
>To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm unsure of the "scope", i.e.scope="col",
> scope="row", that is needed to be defined if I have
> a table of the following format:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |Salsa
> Sauces
> | table header
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |Special Price on Select Items | Regular Price |
> Sale Price | Mild | Medium | Spicy | row 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |
>
> | 0-3 | 4-7 | 8-10 | row 3
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |Tex-Mex |
> 2.99 | n/a |
> x | row 4
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |Chi-Chipotle |
> 4.50 | 3.50
> | x | row 5
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |Happy Habanero |
> 5.25 | 4.50
> | x | row 6
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> | Too Hot to Handle (for us)
> | |
> | x | row 7
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Salsa Sauces" is the table header with scope="col"
> Row 2:
> * Does a scope="row" belong in the first table cell
> of that row, in this case "Special Price on Select
> Items"
> * The remaining cols in row 2 are the next level of
> table headers
> Row 3: Spiciness ratings
> * These cells are the next level of table headers.
> Row 4:
> * Can the scope="col" from row 3 pertain to data
> in a nested table (needed for formatting) that
> contains the "x", which depicts where on the scale
> of 0 - 10 level of spiciness? And is the
> scope="row" in the nested table valid?
>
> The "x" would be an image with alt text indicate the
> numeric value on the scale.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Kharmen


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