Tables.

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

I wonder whether the model using "headers" attributes which is shown on the
example
http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/headers.htm
is updated or deprecated.
The last version of CSS is from the 25th of september 2004, isn´t it?
Does it affect the model which I mentioned above?


If the table had to be filled with data coming from a database, should the
id="" be the same as the name of the corresponding columns in the database
from which the data would be coming?
Thank you very much in advance for your answer.

 

[Oli Filth]

I wonder whether the model using "headers" attributes which is shown on the
example
http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/headers.htm
is updated or deprecated.
The last version of CSS is from the 25th of september 2004, isn´t it?
Does it affect the model which I mentioned above?

1. Table headers <TH> are nothing to do with CSS.
2. You could answer this by looking at the HTML specs at
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/.

If the table had to be filled with data coming from a database, should the
id="" be the same as the name of the corresponding columns in the database
from which the data would be coming?

HTML has no relation to MySQL databases or anything similar. Any naming
convention you choose would be entirely for you own convenience.

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

1. Table headers <TH> are nothing to do with CSS.

What about this?
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html

 

[Richard]

I wonder whether the model using "headers" attributes which is shown on
the
example
http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/headers.htm
is updated or deprecated.
The last version of CSS is from the 25th of september 2004, isn´t it?
Does it affect the model which I mentioned above?

If the table had to be filled with data coming from a database, should
the
id="" be the same as the name of the corresponding columns in the
database
from which the data would be coming?
Thank you very much in advance for your answer.

One of the more esteemed regulars who does not currently post, once did a
table thingy where he had captions on the top and bottom, and everything in
between scrolled.
I can't seem to find it at the moment so maybe someone else will kindly post
a link to it.

In the mean time, have a look at this http://porjes.com/table.html

FYI [headers] is not a valid attribute.
"headers" is the "h' in TH and should not be confused with an attribute.
Basically, a header is only presented a little differently outside of the
normal text.
Which can probably be done just as easily in CSS.

For some interesting layouts of tables see
http://www.html-helper.net/tutorial013.htm

 

[Nico Schuyt]

One of the more esteemed regulars who does not currently post, once
did a table thingy where he had captions on the top and bottom, and
everything in between scrolled.
I can't seem to find it at the moment so maybe someone else will
kindly post a link to it.

Maybe:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/examples/nonscroll-table-header.html ?

 

[Richard]

Maybe:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/examples/nonscroll-table-header.html
?

That will work. That's basically what brucie did.
And this is another good esample why I trashed IE.
Firefox rules!

 

[Oli Filth]

What about this?
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html

What about it? Yes, CSS can be used to style tables, but the example at
the URL you posted had nothing to do with CSS. What's more, whether <TH>
is deprecated or not will have nothing to do with the CSS spec.

 

[Oli Filth]

FYI [headers] is not a valid attribute.

Oh, you mean this "headers" attribute?
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#adef-headers

 

[Steve Pugh]

No. Still current.

No. CSS affects presentation. The headers model is about structure and
accessibility.

No. The internal structure of the database has no relevance to the
table presented to the site visitors. After all the same database
table could be used to create many different HTML tables with very
different header fields.

FYI [headers] is not a valid attribute.

Wrong. Check the HTML spec and you'll see it right there.

"headers" is the "h' in TH and should not be confused with an attribute.

The headers attribute, as you know by now having gone off to check the
spec, is a way of telling the browser and hence the user which table
header cells, <th>, a particular table data cell <td> are associated
with. This is especially useful in complex data table where there are
multiple levels of headers.

Basically, a header is only presented a little differently outside of the
normal text.

Wrong. A header is a header. It's semantic meaning is quite different
to normal text and any difference of presentation is merely to
communicate that difference to the user.

Which can probably be done just as easily in CSS.

No it can't. A header is a header and text is text and no amount of
playing around with CSS can turn one into the other. CSS is designed
to be optional - the content remains the same regardless of what it
looks like.

Steve

 

[dorayme]

Organization: EuroNet Internet
Newsgroups: alt.html
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:37:25 +0100
Subject: Re: Tables.


Maybe:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/examples/nonscroll-table-header.html ?

Works well in Mozilla 1.3 on a Mac (OS 9).

But not in IE 5.1.6 at all. Scrolls ok, but so too does title (header).
Footer does not appear at all.
W for a browser (like one can in an ordinary spreadsheet)... most impressed!
will have to study this...

dorayme

 

[woogiex1]

That will work. That's basically what brucie did.
And this is another good esample why I trashed IE.
Firefox rules!

why would take coding advice from a perv?