508 Compliance

508 Compliance

maliu1970maliu1970 Posts: 15Questions: 2Answers: 0

Are Datatables 508 compliant?

When I tab the cursor moves through the headers and footers. How can I tab through the columns and rows? Please advise. Thank you.

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  • allanallan Posts: 63,773Questions: 1Answers: 10,511 Site admin

    Yes, DataTables is 508 compliant.

    The headers are tabbable since they can gain focus (and have an action taken on them when activated - sorting the column). I'm not sure why the footers are tabbable in your case - they aren't in all tables.

    The cells aren't focusable since they don't have any action to take on them (by default). You could make them focusable, but I would argue that doing so would severely hinder accessibility. Consider, for example, that paragraphs in a page are not tabbable.

    Allan

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