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Re: Using ARIA grids

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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Jul 23, 2020 2:56PM

Hello,
Look at:
https://vaadin.com/components/vaadin-grid/html-examples
Their grid allows both table key command navigation as well as cursor
navigation through the cells. I believe their table also scrolls.
Thank you,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 1:49 PM Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> We have developers who for reasons such as continuous scrolling from the
> bottom using ARIA Grid controls since apparently tables do not allow for
> automatic scrolling. So, are there ways to use grids using table commands
> in the same way?
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> Currently Grids don't even show up as any of the JAWS form elements and
> you can only use cursor keys within the Grid. This really limits the JAWS
> user from having any kind of pleasant experience with these grids. Are
> there ways to make these grids more usable to a screen reader? Especially
> since ARIA-Grid is out there and has several table attributes. Thank in
> advance for reading and maybe giving this some thought.
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> Don Mauck | Senior Accessibility Evangelist | Accessibility Program Office
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