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A mode that allows the user to have the top row and/or left column of a table treated as headings #1004
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Comment 1 by jteh on 2010-10-28 23:24 Using the top row/left column as headers can lead to inaccurate reporting of headers. I'm reluctant to do this for the same reason that we won't have NVDA try to guess form field labels. Users will leave it enabled (or ask for it to be enabled by default) and then wonder why they are getting inaccurate information. Accuracy is a prime concern. |
Comment 2 by andrewd (in reply to comment 1) on 2010-10-28 23:53
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Comment 3 by parham on 2010-10-29 05:52 |
Comment 4 by kevinchao89 on 2011-11-08 00:35 |
Comment 6 by andrewd (in reply to comment 5) on 2015-06-15 22:43 Replying to dave090679:
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@jcsteh: do you agree with a close here given your opinion in #1004 (comment)? |
I'm still against doing this by default. However, I wouldn't oppose providing the set row header and set column header commands for browse mode to ease navigation of tables which don't specify headers. How we would persist these (or whether we do at all) is an open question. |
Reported by andrewd on 2010-10-28 22:58
The facility in the 2010.2 betas for having table headings announced only works in HTML files if the table is correctly marked up, which is often not the case. The feature does not work at all in PDF files, even when tagged correctly. A setting that would allow the user to have the items in the top row and/or the left column treated as headings would significantly improve readability of many tables.
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