On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 12:30:19 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aiva...@openjdk.org> 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? @aivanov-jdk I apologize, I haven't learned the etiquette around here yet. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6291
