Table Sum Access Keys Criterion

Use table summaries for data tables with relevant headings.

• To help blind users understand the visual medium of tables which you should summarise data as clearly as possible.
• Make certain to associate headings as clearly as possible with the corresponding cells.
• It can also help to add summaries onto any layout tables to give users an idea of the page content.
• Spider can check for <th> and table summary but cannot tell if a table is a data table or a presentation table.
• Points -
  • Three points for a correctly structured table with a summary.
  • Two points for just a table header.
  • One point for just a table summary.
• Criterion weighting of two.