Retain value labels when tables become mobile cards

What to change

Ask for the mobile presentation to preserve each value's meaning explicitly rather than relying on the vanished header row.

A worked example

Illustrative example

A contact record becomes a mobile card with explicit labels for Name, Preferred contact and Request status, retaining the meaning of its desktop columns.

How to check the result

Accept when a visitor can interpret every mobile value independently of remembering the table's former header order.

A mistake to avoid

Automatically inserting labels through purely decorative styling can look correct while leaving the spoken version just as ambiguous as before.

Your action checklist

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

Decisions to recordCompare one desktop row with its mobile card. Check that every meaningful column still has an understandable label or relationship in the new layout.Use a screen reader on the narrow version. Ask the supplier to demonstrate that added visual labels are also available through assistive technology without confusing duplication.Test empty values and long labels. The card should not imply that a missing value belongs to the next label or collapse unrelated fields together.

Evidence, open questions and decisionsNext action and responsible role

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