Re: table column reading code needed

Hi,
You just need to create a simple table, with or without <th> header elements, and Jaws will read the column names or row names as needed if you use control+alt+arrow keys to move in the table.
If you will move from left to right or right to left, Jaws will announce the column names, and if you move from top to bottom or bottom to top, Jaws will read the rows names. This is very normal, because for example once that you reached on the row with a certain title then move from left to right using control+alt+right arrow, you already know on what row you are in, so Jaws needs to read just the columns names. 

Doesn't happen that way in your case?

For example, here is a table example:

<table>
<tr>
<th>column1</th>
<th>column2</th>
<th>column3</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cell11</td>
<td>cell12</td>
<td>cell13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cell21</td>
<td>cell22</td>
<td>cell23</td>
</tr>
</table>


Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <nfb-web@xxxxxxxxxx>; <blindwebbers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Shelia Wright" <sbwright95@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:50 PM
Subject: table column reading code needed




Good afternoon everyone,

   I'm frantically working to finish a Web site due to be launched on
Sunday. There are several tables of information on this site that we want to 
be read giving the collumn name followed by the cell content going across
from left to right. I am aware of code that will force a screen reader to
announce the collumn hedder before it reads a cell's content permitting the blind visitor to know which collumn of text is being voiced by their screen 
reader. right now JAWS reads a row of table data without announce the
collumn name. I'll give a nexample below and what I want to have a screen
reader do when it encounters text in a table.

   Here is a table's collumns:

First Name Last Name City State

Normally a screen reader will read the data in a row as follows:
Peter Donahue San Antonio Texas

   Here is what I want to make happen when a screen reader encounters text
in a table when it reads through a row of cell data:
First Name: Peter
Last Name: Donahue
City: San Antonio
State: Texas

I would appreciate it if someone knows how to set up the table so a screen
reader will interpret a row's content by announcing the collumn hedder
before reading a cell's data I'll appreciate that a lot. A table example of how to set this up would be even better as I'm in a tight deadline and need 
this fix stat!! Your assistance will be grately appreciated.

Peter Donahue


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