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Using the axis attribute with tables

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From: Leesa Lavigne
Date: Jan 10, 2002 4:52PM



I posted this question on the Bobby site a couple days ago and did not
receive an answer. Any hits would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


Tables and the axis attribute
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I created a tutorial to help people make their tables more accessible after
taking a course on accessibility. It is located at:
http://www.loveitsimple.com/tutorials/IntroHTML/Tables.htm
I tested the page using a reader and it did not read the associated headers
in Table#5 like I thought it would, according to the books.

Then I found this on the W3C site:
Quote:
Label table elements with the "scope", "headers", and "axis" attributes so
that future browsers and assistive technologies will be able to select data
from a table by filtering on categories.
End Quote

Guess I missed the word FUTURE. What technique is currently available in
current assistive technologies that would come close to using the axis
attribute without having to use script to detect browsers, or assistive
tech, and create or display duplicate 'accessible' pages? Thanks.




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