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Apparently forms inside tables are bad for screenreader users because they have to constantly switch between "forms mode" and "tables mode" to navigate them.


Bingo! Tables should be used for tabular data.


Forms are tabular data -- headers on side, data on the other.

Screen readers should have long adapted to that scenario.


> Forms are tabular data -- headers on side, data on the other.

For very simple form designs, sure. But that idea breaks down when you have a more sophisticated form and need to consider horizontal "flow" between fields.

Tables are hammers, but not all forms are nails.




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