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Re: How to associate form elements with table cells?

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From: Thomas Jedenfelt
Date: May 22, 2005 11:53PM

Hi Steven,

Thanks for your reply.

Would you say that the Title "Quantity" might suffice?

If the order form contains many items, then the Title "Quantity required, cost $2" would be read out repeatedly. Would not the users think that this Title has too many words?

On the other hand, some users (or situations) might need extra information in order to more easily understand/use the order form.

Also, would you say that it is preferred (by users) to have this Title set on the Input Field, rather than the Table Cell (TD)?

Regards,
Thomas Jedenfelt


> Hi
>
> > Does is suffice to use the SCOPE attribute for both columns
> > and rows (TH scope=col, TD scope=row)?
>
> In practice for screen readers users I have found this will not be
> sufficient.
> I would suggest that a title attribute, is put on each of the 'quantity'
> inputs, refer to example code below:
>


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