Use the <TH> element to do this.To see how an accessible table layout can be implemented, just look at the code for the form at http://gutterstar.net/rss.php
Hope this helps, Bryan Garaventa----- 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 11:50 AM Subject: table column reading code needed
Good afternoon everyone, I'm frantically working to finish a Web site due to be launched onSunday. There are several tables of information on this site that we want tobe 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 toannounce 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 screenreader. 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 hedderbefore 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 needthis fix stat!! Your assistance will be grately appreciated. Peter Donahue __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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