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Re: Data table without TH

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sep 19, 2022 2:46AM

On 19/09/2022 09:40, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> A table lists up allowed formats for upload e.g.:
>
> Text ASCII text/plain *.TXT
>
> Dokument PDF application/pdf *.PDF
>
> .
>
> The columns don't have any heading (th).
>
> SC 1.3.1 can't be applied, since there isn't any visual presentation either.
>
> Which SC applies?

Arguably no hard WCAG failure at all (not every bad or lacking markup
leads to an actual SC failure). But as best practice, recommend turning
the cells in the first column to row headers.

P
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