36.3.2 Specifying id/headers attributes for table cells

Table 36-2 shows the id/headers attributes you can specify in the [Tables] section. For selected tables you can override each of the *IDs settings in the [TableAccess] section, by specifying the same setting, prefixed with No, as a property; see §36.4 Overriding default table-cell settings.

Table 36-2 WAI id/header table cell attributes

 

[Tables] setting

Default value

Purpose

Ref.

* Cells marked ColGroup or RowGroup via [HTMLParaStyles]parafmt=xGroup or via CellGroup PI marker

Column

ColGroupHead

group

Name the id to use for column group headers

36.3.3

ColGroupIDs

No

Add id="groupN" to ColGroup* header cells, headers="groupN" to cells in the column group

ColSpanHead

span

Name the id to use for column-spanning headers

36.3.6

ColSpanIDs

No

Add id="spanN" to column-header cells designated Span via [HTMLParaStyles] or CellSpan PI marker, headers="spanN" to cells in the column

ColHead

col

Name the id to use for columns

36.3.8

ColIDs

No

Add id="colN" to column headers, headers="colN" to cells in the column

Row

RowGroupHead

group

Name the id to use for row group headers

36.3.3

RowGroupIDs

No

Add id="groupN" to RowGroup* header cells, headers="groupN" to cells in the row group

RowSpanHead

span

Name the id to use for row-spanning headers

36.3.6

RowSpanIDs

No

Add id="spanN" to row-header cells (first cell in each row) designated Span via [HTMLParaStyles] (or via a CellSpan PI marker), headers="spanN" to cells in the row

RowHead

row

Name the id to use for rows

36.3.8

RowIDs

No

Add id="rowN" to leftmost column, headers="rowN" to cells in the row

Previous Topic:  36.3.1 Choosing an id/headers level

Next Topic:  36.3.3 Grouping header cells for identification

Parent Topic:  36.3 Using the id/headers method to identify table cells

Sibling Topics:

36.3.1 Choosing an id/headers level

36.3.3 Grouping header cells for identification

36.3.4 Column-group and row-group extent

36.3.5 Choosing a different row-group method

36.3.6 Using span attributes to identify rows and columns

36.3.7 Column-span and row-span extent

36.3.8 Identifying individual table cells by row and column

36.3.9 Column and row extent

36.3.10 Using span IDs with row or column IDs

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