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From: Mymarci
Date: Wed, Jul 18 2001 11:57AM
Subject: problem with tables
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I apologize if this topic has been recently discussed but...
I am having trouble with making data tables accessible. A colleague asked me to run her website through JAWS after she added header ID's to her table. When we use JAWS 3.7 it does not seem to associate the header ID with the cell. I wanted to know if the HEADER ID is only recognized with certain screen readers? Is it consistent? Or, it could be just that we coded the table wrong. Any help would be appreciated!
Here is the site: www.gmu.edu/departments/nursing/graduate/nppos.html
Thanks
Marci Kinas
George Mason University
From: Carol Foster
Date: Wed, Jul 18 2001 1:16PM
Subject: Re: problem with tables
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Hi Marci,
I am a novice user of JAWS 3.7, but I tried out the first couple of tables, and JAWS did seem to recognize the table headers when using ctrl+alt+left and right arrows to navigate the tables. I got a little confused at first because there is just the row of headers and then one row of data cells, with each data cell containing a list of courses. Each list item could be separately associated with the header if it
were put into its own data cell.
Hope that's helpful,
Carol
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> I apologize if this topic has been recently discussed but...
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> I am having trouble with making data tables accessible. A colleague asked me to run her website through JAWS after she added header ID's to her table. When we use JAWS 3.7 it does not seem to associate the header ID with the cell. I wanted to know if the HEADER ID is only recognized with certain screen readers? Is it consistent? Or, it could be just that we coded the table wrong. Any help would be appreciated!
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> Here is the site: www.gmu.edu/departments/nursing/graduate/nppos.html
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> Thanks
>
> Marci Kinas
> George Mason University
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From: Amwclw1
Date: Thu, Jul 19 2001 9:26AM
Subject: Re: problem with tables
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Marci -
Your code seems fine. I thought my tables were not working either. JAWS will not read headers if you allow it to read straight through the table. You must stop JAWS and navigate through the table cell by cell. It should read your headers then.
Hope this helps
Amy Ward
ITS Services, Inc.
From: Paul Bohman
Date: Thu, Jul 19 2001 9:55AM
Subject: Re: problem with tables
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Plus, as Carol mentioned, you should use "CTRL+ALT+the arrow keys" to navigate the table.
Paul Bohman
Technology Coordinator
WebAIM: Web Accessibility in Mind (www.webaim.org)
Center for Persons with Disabilities (www.cpd.usu.edu)
Utah State University (www.usu.edu)