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HTML tags for review (missing thead / th tags for tables)

Veronica NICA
Veronica NICA • 6 February 2025

Q. How to add missing HTML tags for tables, like header row or header column, shown in the Quality measures report as following:

  1. Missing thead tag for table
  2. Missing th tag for table

A. To properly correct the issues with the missing <thead> or <th> tags to define the table header row / column, you need to specify the first row and / or column as type “Header”, like shown in the FAQ related to Table structure and also summarised below.

These 2 HTML tags are related to the missing Header in the table(s) of the respective concepts. To fix it, we have to mark the first row/ column as headers using the Table Cell Properties of the Editing wizard:

Screenshot of the Table Cell Properties

 

Bad example

Quality measures report showing the HTML tags for review and for correction, if possible:

Screenshot of Quality measures report showing the HTML tags to review

Example of a table with the first row not marked as a Header:

Screenshot of a Table with the first row not marked as Header

Good example

Quality measures report after correcting the "thead/th":

Screenshot of the Quality measures report results, showing no issues found in the file

Example of a table with the first row marked as Header:

Screenshot of a Table with the first row marked as Header