openstaxalina
commented
4 years ago @mwest-WWprod our proposal here is to apply a light grey shading behind the header row. This would be consistent with other tables where the header row is shaded (although those are shaded with a blue instead of a grey). Please let us know if you have any concerns/additional feedback about this.
next steps for OpenStax:
- [x] determine color value for grey shading
- [x] confirm whether other books would be impacted by the change
lwtchu
Stackblocks
oscryan
GLOBAL Entrepreneurship
Header rows and titles in heavy-text tables are treated with the same formatting, and this could confuse student users - for instance, if we have a table with a title, but without a header row (see second example below), the title can be mistaken for a header row. Something like a light screen behind the title, for example, or similar treatment may resolve this. The Wisewire content team does not have a preference as to resolution.
Title and header row
Title, no header row
Another side effect of the header rows being formatted as bold text, is that when we format normal table content as bold, such as in the below example, it could be confusing to users. That might entail differentiating the header row treatment, so that these elements can be readily discerned.