Mortise Test Per Week: Do not use nested data tables.

TABLES-09: Do not use nested data tables.

How to test

  • Use devtools to confirm that the page does not contain any nested data tables.

Exceptions

1. If the tables are presentational, are correctly marked-up with `role=”presentation”`, and do not have captions, headers, or other data markup.

How to fix

Remove any nested tables. Evaluate how to present the data without requiring nesting of tables.

Related Standard: 1.3.1 A

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