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Re: Using ARIA grids

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From: glen walker
Date: Jul 24, 2020 10:15AM

You might have missed the purpose of my question. I wasn't trying to
explain the purpose of ARIA. It sounded like you said developers thought
they had to use an ARIA grid instead of a native <table> because of
scrolling issues. My question was that since ARIA doesn't affect behavior,
there should not be any limitation of behavior between an ARIA grid and a
native <table>. I was trying to get clarification if that's what the
developers thought.

Now, there might be a difference in behavior in how a screen reader
surfaces a grid vs a table with regards to screen reader shortcut keys used
in navigating a table. I've seen varying levels of support for role="grid"
between browser and screen reader combinations.

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 3:23 PM Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> My point was that they chose to use an ARIA-Grid. I'm very much aware of
> ARIA and what it is for. That was a choice the developer made not mine.
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