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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Jan 20, 2005 9:33AM

Hi,

I am hoping someone has a solution for a problem or has some suggestions
to try.

There is this table with 3 columns and multiple rows. The first column
contains a checkbox. The second column contains the name of a person
(last name, first name format.) The third column contains additional
contact information.

I fixed the table so that the column headings are marked up with the th
element. I also went through the table and encoded label elements for
all the names and then associated them with their related checkboxes.

Unfortunately, I am getting a strange result in JAWS. When I tab to the
checkbox, the correct name label is read. However, if I use the JAWS
table navigation keys and move into the column containing first and last
name, JAWS seems to think all those cells are blank. The only exception
is the column header.

Anyone run into this problem?

Thanks,
Tim