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Re: A Problem with a Table, Checkbox, and Label

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Jan 20, 2005 12:04PM








Tim,
But of course, if you have the liberty to change
the table design,make the checkbox column  as #3 and the name column as the
first and use th for column headings as you have now done.
Sailesh PanchangSenior Accessibility Engineer
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Subject: [WebAIM] A Problem with a Table,
Checkbox, and Label
Hi,I am hoping someone has a solution for a problem
or has some suggestionsto try.There is this table with 3 columns
and multiple rows.&nbsp; The first columncontains a checkbox.&nbsp; The
second column contains the name of a person(last name, first name
format.)&nbsp; The third column contains additionalcontact
information.I fixed the table so that the column headings are marked
up with the thelement.&nbsp; I also went through the table and encoded
label elements forall the names and then associated them with their
related checkboxes.Unfortunately, I am getting a strange result in
JAWS.&nbsp; When I tab to thecheckbox, the correct name label is
read.&nbsp; However, if I use the JAWStable navigation keys and move into
the column containing first and lastname, JAWS seems to think all those
cells are blank.&nbsp; The only exceptionis the column
header.Anyone run into this
problem?Thanks,Tim----To subscribe or unsubscribe,
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