Github Scripts: consider removing display:block from tables in github wikis

[mcking65]

In github wikis, if you create a table in markdown, for instance in a mediawiki page, github renders it with display:block. As a result, the table is not recognized as a table in Firefox or Chrome.

For an example of this, see the release plans page in the aria-practices wiki. There is a table under the heading "Plans by Version and Release". However, it is not readable as a table when using Firefox or Chrome.

I also reported this to github because I do not think it is appropriate to apply display:block to all wiki tables by default. Further, it is debatable whether or browsers should hide the table semantics based on the display:block styling. For instance, see Firefox bug 1005271.

Until there is some change in Github or in Firefox or Chrome, the only way to read tables in the github wikis is to use IE, which is not really a practical option. So removing or overriding the display:block from the tables would be super helpful!

[jcsteh]

There's already a tweak in the script which uses ARIA roles to override this. Removing display: block; is more risky, since it probably affects the visual presentation. Obviously, GitHub changed something and that tweak is no longer applying. That's not surprising - they keep changing the table stuff - though it is kinda frustrating. :(

[mcking65]

hmm, maybe my scripts are back level ... I'll update and retry!

[mcking65]

Jamie, it's strange. I updated tamper monkey and made sure the github scripts are up-to-date. Still, the tables in the aria-practices wiki are not getting rendered as tables.

[jcsteh]

I believe you. To be clear, there is a tweak in the scripts to deal with this, but I guess GitHub changed something and that tweak no longer matches properly, which doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I'll need to figure out what they changed and adapt accordingly.

[jcsteh]

These tables behave fine with latest Firefox and Chrome.