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Re: Table cells with subheadings

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From: glen walker
Date: May 26, 2023 11:52AM

No worries, This is a judgement free zone. I was trying to understand where
your point of view was coming from.

Semantic structure is often associated with semantic html elements. That
is, if something looks like a heading, then a real semantic <h2> html
element should be used. If something looks like a list, then a real
semantic <ul> html element should be used. If it looks like a table, etc.

The CSS side is just to make the heading or list or table look pretty. Most
CSS doesn't affect accessibility but there are a few properties that do.
As mentioned earlier, colors are normally defined in CSS so the CSS might
affect color contrast or use of color. Setting display:none will visually
hide an element and will also remove that element from the accessibility
tree, so in that respect, CSS does affect accessibility.

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 9:07 AM Dolenko, Kristen <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Again - "lacking the technical vocabulary"
>
> Thought headings (semantic structure) were a part of CSS...crawling under
> a rock now
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