Tablesmit

Tables for everyone.

Built-in WAI-ARIA grid pattern, full keyboard navigation, and screen reader announcements make Tablesmit's editor usable by people who rely on assistive technology.

Benefits

WAI-ARIA grid pattern

The table uses role="grid", role="row", role="gridcell", aria-rowindex, and aria-colindex. Screen readers navigate the table correctly — not as a flat block of text.

Full keyboard navigation

Navigate cells with Arrow keys, Tab, and Shift+Tab. Enter edit mode with Enter, exit with Escape. No mouse required for any table operation.

Screen reader announcements

Structural changes (row added, cells merged) are announced via aria-live="polite" regions. Users of assistive technology always know what changed.

Colour-independent selection

Selected cells show a ring indicator (ring-2 ring-primary) in addition to colour. Color swatches use aria-pressed and checkmark icons — never colour alone.

How it works

1

Navigate by keyboard

Use Arrow keys to move between cells. Tab moves to the next cell, Shift+Tab moves backward. The focused cell has a visible ring.

2

Edit with screen reader on

Tablesmit announces row and column counts, cell positions, and structural changes. Merged cells report aria-colspan and aria-rowspan for accurate navigation.

3

Export accessible formats

HTML export preserves ARIA attributes. PDF export includes tagged table structure. LaTeX export produces accessible tabular environments.

Use cases

  • Building tables that must meet WCAG 2.1 AA compliance standards
  • Creating government and public sector documents with accessibility requirements
  • Publishing data tables on websites that serve users of assistive technology
  • Developing educational materials for inclusive classroom environments
  • Ensuring research data is accessible to all readers regardless of ability

Related features

Your hands never have to leave the keyboard.

Every meaningful action in Tablesmit has a shortcut. Navigate, edit, export, and search at the speed you actually think — no mouse required.

Publication-ready PDF export — no print dialog.

Tablesmit exports your table directly to PDF. Clean output, no interface chrome, no quality compromise. Your table exactly as you built it.

Build your table visually. Get clean LaTeX output.

No more writing LaTeX table syntax by hand. Build your table in Tablesmit, click Export, and get correctly formatted LaTeX code — ready to paste into your paper or thesis.

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