Improving Accessibility

Using the right tags goes a long way toward making your data tables more accessible. You can go even further by adding some finishing touches to your markup.

FAQ

Do these accessibility tips work in today's browsers?

Not really. File these suggestions in the Forward Compatibility category. The most recent versions of the major browsers don't use this extra markup, and current accessibility tools don't, either. Use these techniques to make your data tables ready for the next generation of Web-browsing technologies.

If the text in your table headers is excessively wordy:

 <th>Intensity of the Kenneth Frequency</th> <th>Fluctuation ...

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