angular-ui/ui-grid

For grid Accessibility, cells should be read with their column heading

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#4,929 opened on Jan 5, 2016

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a11yhelp wantedtype: enhancement

Description

I know that @JLLeitschuh has made great progress in getting UI-Grid to be accessible. But it is still difficult to follow with a screen reader. As you step through cells, they should read the column header along with the cell contents. This will make for a much better screen reader experience.

Thanks!

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Tech stack
javascriptangular
Domain
frontendaccessibility
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
familiarity with ARIAunderstanding of screen readers
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50
Research direction
Review the existing accessibility work by @JLLeitschuh to understand the current grid state. Investigate how cells are rendered and whether column headers are properly associated via ARIA. The likely fix involves adding column header text to each cell's accessible label in the cell template. Examine files such as src/ui grid.js or relevant directive templates for cell rendering.