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From: Jeremy Echols
Date: Jul 24, 2020 10:45AM

Agreed. In fact the ARIA "grid" role can be applied to a table anyway. If the devs think adding the grid role changes any behavior, that's simply incorrect. The behavior has to be changed with JavaScript. And that same JavaScript might be possible to implement without using a special role, depending on the desired outcome and the behavior. If so, that would satisfy the need to have some behaviors without losing the navigation screen readers apply to elements with the "table" role.

The "grid" role does not in fact specifically address the issue of a table that needs to scroll. It is one thing a grid can be programmed to do, but it isn't something that is inherently a requirement for a grid.