On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 09:13:35 GMT, Ludvig Janiuk <d...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:
> This change introduces no visual difference, but improves a11y. > To me, the table looks correct currently: _Arabic_ Unicode range serves as > the title for both rows. I wonder how it's read by a screen reader: the > original version and the updated version. What we should strive for is for > clarity of the read table rather than blindly following the rule where each > row should have a title, provided that the title is available in this > particular case. You may be right, the description of [`rowgroup`](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/tables.html#attr-th-scope-rowgroup) keyword says such a header applies to all the cells in the group: _“The row group state means the header cell applies to all the remaining cells in the row group.”_ > You change the semantics of the table by moving the header to another column. > The rendering should rather change too, otherwise visual representation > becomes misleading. Maybe a better way would be to make the second column a row column as you're suggesting but still keeping the existing row groups and changing the `scope` of the *Tai Tham* header cell to `rowgroup`: that is `<th scope="rowgroup">Tai Tham</th>`; and then for consistency with the rows above mark the second column with `<th scope="row">`. Does it make any sense? Is the third column a better candidate for the row header? ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6291
