Tables

Tables

There are 3 simple accessibility tests for a table. Tables with role='presentation' will be ignored.

  1. Table must contain at least one table heading or th
  2. Table must not contain an empty table heading or empty th
  3. Table must not contain any semantic headings (H1, h3, h3...)

Example 1 - Pass

Event Name Time Location
Keynote 9:00 AM Auditorium
Lunch 12:00 PM Skyline Room
Closing Dinner 5:00 PM Metropolitan Room

Example 2 - Missing table headers

Event Name Time Location
Keynote 9:00 AM Auditorium
Lunch 12:00 PM Skyline Room
Closing Dinner 5:00 PM Metropolitan Room

Example 3 - Table containing empty table header

Time Location
Keynote 9:00 AM Auditorium
Lunch 12:00 PM Skyline Room
Closing Dinner 5:00 PM Metropolitan Room

Example 4 - Table containing semantic headings

Event

Time

Location

Keynote 9:00 AM Auditorium
Lunch 12:00 PM Skyline Room
Closing Dinner 5:00 PM Metropolitan Room