Andres, I think this is what you are asking for:
HRESULT IAccessibleTable::columnHeaderList(
[in] long maxColumnHeaders,
[out, size_is(maxColumnHeaders), length_is(*nColumnHeaders)] IUnknown
** columnHeaders,
[out, retval] long * nColumnHeaders
)
and similar for rowHeaderList (and perhaps footer lists, pending a prior
question).
Is this something that is needed soon?
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Andres Gonzalez wrote:
> > Rob has indicated that at least JAWS would prefer to deal with header
> tables. If this a roadblock for Adobe?
> No, it is not a roadblock for us.
>
> > Is the creation of header tables awkward enough and the use of
> relations appealing enough that we should consider deprecating
> IATable::rowHeader and columnHeader?
> I see these as two separate issues.
> 1. specialized methods in the interface to retrieve column/row headers
> vs. using the relation mechanism.
> 2. in the specialized method variant, do we want to return a table
> header or simply an ordered array.
>
> I was proposing to keep specialized methods in the interface, but that
> they would return an ordered array and not a table object as they do
> in the current specs.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --Andres.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* [email protected]
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> Behalf Of *Pete Brunet
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:33 PM
> *To:* IA2 List
> *Subject:* Re: [Accessibility-ia2] rowHeader/columnHeader
> implementationproposal
>
> Andres, To determine the reason we'd have to go back to the
> discussions that took place when the Java a11y API was developed.
>
> Rob has indicated that at least JAWS would prefer to deal with
> header tables. If this a roadblock for Adobe?
>
> Is the creation of header tables awkward enough and the use of
> relations appealing enough that we should consider deprecating
> IATable::rowHeader and columnHeader?
> --
> *Pete Brunet*
>
> a11ysoft - Accessibility Architecture and Development
> (512) 238-6967
> pete @ a11ysoft.com
> http://www.a11ysoft.com/about/
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/petebrunet
> Ionosphere: WS4G
>
> Andres Gonzalez wrote:
>> I very much second James's observation about the awkwardness of having
>> to return a table object as the row or column header for a cell. Was there a
>> reason behind that decision? Is it too late to reconsider an amendment?
>> (smile)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> --Andres.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of James Teh
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:10 PM
>>> To: IAccessible2 mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [Accessibility-ia2] rowHeader/columnHeader
>>> implementationproposal
>>>
>>> On 29/05/2009 9:58 AM, Alexander Surkov wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Having said this, it just occurred to me that using described by
>>>>> relations is problematic in that you can't determine what
>>>>>
>>> is a column
>>>
>>>>> header and what is a row header without querying the row and column
>>>>> coordinates for the header cell
>>>>>
>>>> James, I think you just need to get a role of related
>>>>
>>> accessibles. Do
>>>
>>>> I miss something?
>>>>
>>> Nope, I did. Sorry. I forgot there were roles for row header
>>> and column
>>> header. My concern is thus invalid. :)
>>>
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