Fixit - Tables

This test determines if your page uses tables. Tables do not work well on limited size screens and may result in the user having to scroll horizontally to read them. Putting navigational links into tables may result in the user having both to scroll horizontally and vertically to see possible navigational choices.

 

Checking if tables are used

This test checks for the occurrence of a <table> tag and flags a WARN if one is found.

Note that while the use of tables is permitted, it is recommended to use an alternative to tabular layout where possible. For this reason this test results in a WARN rather than a FAIL when a <table> element is detected. Your ready.mobi score is not affected by including tables in your markup.

 

Reference

This test is based on a W3C mobileOK best practice. See http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/#TABLES_ALTERNATIVES for more details.

See also the Nested tables and Tables for layout tests.

 

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