Re: [bug?] Is the format of tables in the documentation broken in PG13? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: [bug?] Is the format of tables in the documentation broken in PG13?
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Msg-id 6991099D-EF5D-4683-9081-B58B023B559E@yesql.se
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In response to [bug?] Is the format of tables in the documentation broken in PG 13?  ("tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com" <tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com>)
Responses RE: [bug?] Is the format of tables in the documentation broken in PG13?  ("tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com" <tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com>)
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> On 15 Jun 2020, at 09:49, tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com wrote:

> Is this intentional?

Yes, this was a deliberate change made to be able to fit more expansive
descriptions of columns etc.

>  It has become a bit unfriendly to read for me, a visually impaired user who uses screen reader software.

That's less good.  The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative has guidance for multi-
level header tables which might be useful here.

    https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/multi-level/

Maybe if we use the id and headers attributes we can give screen readers enough
clues to make sense of the information?

cheers ./daniel


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