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From: James Nurthen
Date: Mar 19, 2013 3:19PM

Sorry about the previous mail. Gmail went crazy on me....

What version of datatables are you using. According to their release
notes<http://datatables.net/new/1.9>;v1.9 provides
"*Accessibility*:
Zero configuration
table<http://datatables.net/beta/1.9/examples/basic_init/zero_config.html>;
DataTables tables are now fully accessible and controllable by keyboard
navigation and suitable markup and WAI-ARIA attributes are used for
screenreaders. This works "out of the box" with no configuration required.
To try it out, load any 1.9 example and press the tab key to navigate
through the table controls. Note that this accessibility work as required
updating the pagination elements. Please see the upgrade
notes<http://datatables.net/upgrade/1.9>;
for further information."

I haven't thoroughly tested anything - and at a quick look they are using
some roles I don't fully agree with to make the table a live region, but
they do claim to support accessibility.

Regards,
James


On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:15 PM, James Nurthen < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

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> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7500) <
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>> Greetings all,
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>> Apologies if this has been discussed before on the list, I did a quick
>> check but didn't see anything.
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>> I was asked to test a Web application developed within my organization.
>> It contains data grids using a jQuery table plug-in from
>> www.datatables.net<;http://www.datatables.net>;.
>> So far, I've found that the column headers are all in one table and the
>> actual content is in another, which means that the headers are not being
>> associated with the cells. Has anyone here had experience with the
>> DataTables plug-in, and can it be made accessible or Section 508 compliant?
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>> Thanks.
>>
>> Courtney
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