{"id":2829,"date":"2015-02-18T09:50:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T14:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2015-02-18T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T14:50:51","slug":"empty-table-headers-web-tip-34-21815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2829","title":{"rendered":"Empty Table Headers, Web Tip #34, 2\/18\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Empty Table Headers<\/strong><\/p>\n

When marking up data tables<\/a>, avoid empty table headers (<th> element). Empty headers can cause confusion for screen reader users because there is no information to be read for a data row or column, or they may cause the screen reader to associate a header to an incorrect column or row. Pay particular attention to the first cell, in the upper-left corner. While this cell is usually a column header(<th scope=”col”>), it can also be a row header(<th scope=”row”>), or left empty. If a header is empty, identify it as a table data cell (<td><\/td>), not a table header.<\/p>\n

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