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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: May 24, 2023 5:32AM

I am curious.
Are you pressing Alt+control+left and right arrow?

Dino

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> On May 24, 2023, at 6:38 AM, Sumit Patel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hai,
>
> I have a table which has column headers , row headers and tooltips
> inside most of the cells.
> When A screen reader user navigates on this table with arrow keys ,
> would not get to know anything as the reading order is completely
> incorrect.
> On arrow key, first focus goes to the row headers, then , column
> headers , tooltips and finally to the cells .
> Table structure is not get identified . so, the don't even know this
> is a table unless a sighted user explains the structure
>
> Seems like The dev team does not able to provide table structure as
> they have technical limitation to make changes on this component .
>
> So, they have given a PDF file next to this table which serves the ame
> purpose . The pdf file is accessible .
>
> So, my question is is it enough to meet WCAG ? because though the
> information can be conveyed to screen reader user in an accessible
> alternative , screen reader user will have a feeling that they are
> missing something when the reader read out all the information in the
> above given order .
>
> Do we need to ask to hide the table from screen reader and provide a
> a short alt text for the same and informing them an accessible
> alternative is provided in the form of pdf below .
>
> Regards,
> Sumit.
> > > >