Top `<table>` tips:

• Don’t span cells:
adrianroselli.com/2023/02/avoi…

• Don’t redefine column headers: adrianroselli.com/2022/02/colu…

• With one exception, you don’t need a `scope` attribute (the exception is sometimes the top corner):
tpgi.com/short-note-on-scoping…

• `column` is not a valid `scope` value:
html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage…

• Be wary of articles that don’t cite sources or testing when they make assertions about `<table>`.

#HTML #table #accessibility #a11y

Short note on scoping mechanisms - TPGi

In 2 recent articles I have illustrated why the scope attribute is not needed on data tables with one row or column of th elements, or data tables with 1...

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