At 10:09 AM 8/3/2006, Joe wrote:
I understand the <th> tag should be used on the items in the top
row, but what about the row on the left? Are they also considered a
header of the row? If so, wouldn't 'Food Type' be a header of a
header? What do you guys think?
More to the point, what do the authors of the HTML specification
think? Please read the spec, it's quite illuminating for anyone
attempting website development.
HTML 4.01 Specification
11 Tables
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html
Notice, in various examples on this page, mid-table rows that begin
<tr><th>, such as:
<TABLE border="1"
summary="This table gives some statistics about fruit
flies: average height and weight, and percentage
with red eyes (for both males and females).">
<CAPTION><EM>A test table with merged cells</EM></CAPTION>
<TR><TH rowspan="2"><TH colspan="2">Average
<TH rowspan="2">Red<BR>eyes
<TR><TH>height<TH>weight
<TR><TH>Males<TD>1.9<TD>0.003<TD>40%
<TR><TH>Females<TD>1.7<TD>0.002<TD>43%
</TABLE>
So to answer your question, TH table header cells are good for both
column heads and row heads.
Regards,
Paul
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