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Re: Data tables in html and blank cells

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From: glen walker
Date: Nov 20, 2020 6:08PM

As I posted earlier, VoiceOver on iOS has trouble with empty cells. You
don't have to have a diff number of cells in the rows. I used a simple
example on w3schools and just modified the code to have a blank cell in the
middle.

https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_table_intro


On a side point. Does any one have examples where a screen reader does not
> navigate empty cell correctly. I am aware there is challenges when a table
> goes from 3 cells on one row, to 2 cells on the next. I am mor more
> interested in finding examples where tables with empty cells a screen
> reader cannot navigate pass that cell.
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