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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Sep 23, 2019 3:17PM

Thanks Birkir, I suspected as much. I have no idea why they go through so
much trouble to avoid using a simple HTML table. Plus they end up with
garbled minglings of both table and grid roles.

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 4:39 PM Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> A grid should contain only interactive elements, no static data (all
> static data must be associated with an interactive element).
> You're right, datepickers, spreadsheets and things like seatmaps are
> candidates for interactive grids but tables with a few focusable
> controls sprinkled in, such as sortable column headers, select row
> checkboxes and "display more info" toggles should not be coded as
> grids, these are just static tables with some interactive controls.
>
>
> On 9/23/19, Brian Lovely via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
> > I see a lot of ARIA Grids used to display tabular data. Some of these
> > tables may be sortable, or may contain buttons or checkboxes in one
> column.
> > Is ARIA Grid an appropriate role for these purposes?
> >
> > If not, what is grid intended for? I see references to an interactive
> grid,
> > but I'm not sure what that means. The only interactive grids I can think
> of
> > off the top of my head are date pickers or spread sheets.
> >
> >
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