W3: F49-2: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.2 due to using an HTML layout table that does not make sense when linearized
This code example is taken from the Failures for WCAG 2.0
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Link 1 | ![]() |
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Link 2 | ||
Link 3 | ||
Link 4 | ||
Link 5 | ||
Link 6 | ||
Link 7 | Image Heading |
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Link 8 | ||
Link 9 | Description of the image | |
Link 10 | ||
Link 20 |
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<table> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 1</a></td> | |
<td rowspan="20"><img src="img.png" alt="Museum Picture"></td> | |
<td rowspan="6"><img src="placard.png" alt="Placard text"></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 2</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 3</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 4</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 5</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 6</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 7</a></td> | |
<td rowspan="2"><h2>Image Heading</h2></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 8</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 9</a></td> | |
<td rowspan="12">Description of the image</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 10</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
... | |
<tr> | |
<td><a href="#">Link 20</a></td> | |
</tr> | |
</table> |