angular-ui/ui-grid

[BUG] [a11y] With NVDA, space bar does not select row in ui-grid

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#7,284 opened on Feb 23, 2023

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a11ygrid-selectionhelp wantedtype: bug

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Description

Describe the bug With NVDA, space bar does not select row in ui-grid

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to http://ui-grid.info/docs/#!/tutorial/Tutorial:%20210%20Selection
  2. Focus on checkbox, press Space, row selection is successful
  3. Try above with NVDA
  4. Row selection with Space does not work with NVDA

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  • Browser: Mozilla with NVDA

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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with NVDA and inspect the keydown event handling for the grid rows. Check the 'selection' feature code for space key handler.
Tech stack
javascript
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frontend
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