angular-ui/ui-grid

Accessibility : Narrator/NVDA is announcing wrong row/column data for header row and column cells

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#7,047 opened on Oct 14, 2019

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Description

Issue Description:

Edge+Narrator:

  • Narrator is announcing the entire row details when focus is on first column header.
  • Narrator is also announcing incorrect total column number count (i.e., 1 of 0; 2 of 0; 3 of 0...)
  • Verified with Edge Browser (Version : 44.18362.387.0).
  • Please find attached video for reference. Edge+Narrator_GridHeaderRow.zip

Chrome+NVDA:

  • NVDA(2019.2.1) is announcing incorrect row position number like 18 for the column header.
  • Verified with Chrome browser(77.0.3865.120 (Official Build) (64-bit)) Chrome+NVDA_GridHeaderRow.zip 111

Try Outs:

  • Applied aria-rowindex and aria-columnindex to row div and column header cell div. But it still reading the same way

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the ARIA attributes for header rows and cells. Check aria rowindex and aria colindex assignments. Verify that the grid correctly sets role='rowheader' or 'columnheader' and that the table structure is semantically correct for screen readers.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontendaccessibility
Issue type
Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
Prerequisites
HTMLAccessibility
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75