table design or div design, confusion - javascript

have the following screen design for my demo application.
Should this design be done using a <DIV> or a <TABLE>?
Note: when you click on the data row it expands (accordion like) and shows description row where you can see some description about the row as a single column which spans across the width of the table.
The menu works when user clicks on an image given in that column.
I know that a table is used only to represent tabular data.
I have the menu in last column as well as an accordion like hidden row for each data row showing the description when user clicks on the data row.
So, I am not sure whether it can be considered as part of a tabular data.
This is related to fulfilling the following web-guideline:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20140311/complete-diff.html#H51
The data is going to be text apart from the menu. Each menu link performs different functionality. The accordion row is also text mostly.
Please advise here.
Thanks.

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I suggest go with your own solution I did the same it is acceptable to clients since 5 years.
1. Create a separate tables for your header and content.
2. Give each cloumn exactly same column span width. E.g. ,<colspan width="50px">
3. Place a separate table with one column in LHS.
4. Write a code in javascript which scrolls your LHS table along with your main table.
Apologies as it is hard to give working example.

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