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From: Lee, Samson (NIH/NIDCR)
Date: Fri, Feb 20 2004 7:12AM
Subject: simple data table
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For a simple data table like the one below, do I still need to add
scope="col" to each header, or will <th> tags alone be good enough?

TH1 TH2 TH3
===============TD1 TD2 TD3
TD4 TD5 TD6
TD7 TD8 etc.


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From: julian.rickards
Date: Fri, Feb 20 2004 9:00AM
Subject: RE: simple data table
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TH is sufficient.

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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Fri, Feb 20 2004 6:58PM
Subject: RE: simple data table
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Technically I agree - the scope="col" may be unnecessary. But how do you (a
screen reader) know that TH1 is a column heading and not a row heading? I
recommend using scope as a standard - it will keep the tools happy too.

Jim
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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Fri, Feb 20 2004 7:36PM
Subject: Re: simple data table
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I agree with Jim. It's better to be explicit rather than make screen
readers guess.

Jim Thatcher wrote:

> Technically I agree - the scope="col" may be unnecessary. But how do you (a
> screen reader) know that TH1 is a column heading and not a row heading? I
> recommend using scope as a standard - it will keep the tools happy too.
>

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