Datatables Row Grouping 508 not compliant?

Noodles12

I am using Datatables Rowgrouping for my project and the accessiblity team ran a test on this and said that the table is not 508 complaint. They want the row groups to read as header as well (ex: Edinburg, London etc.). Basically the screen reader should read City name along with Name header and name of the person. Similarly read City name along with Position header and postition descrtiption.

I looked at the code and row groups (city names) are <td> instead of <th>. Is there a way to make them th with "scope" attribute.

Thanks

https://datatables.net/examples/advanced_init/row_grouping.html

allan

I think this is good change to make to the RowGroup library rather than making it a configuration option. I've made that change now and it will be available in the nightly shortly. I'll be tagging this up as RowGroup 1.2.0, hopefully sometime next week.

Allan

Noodles12

Thankyou. How can I use this? Sorry I am not a developer, so I am not sure whats the best way for me to use the change today. Which files do I change?

Is it possible for you to add to the nightly sooner or else we cannot use datatables for this particular project. I would really like to use it to be consistent with the rest of the site.

Thanks.

allan

How are you currently loading DataTables onto your page? From our CDN, as individual files, local files, npm or something else?

Allan

Noodles12

Individual / local files

kthorngren

Download the nightly RowGroup files from here and place them in you local file structure. If you keep the name the same (make a backup of the original first) you won't need to change anything else but might need to clear the browser's cache. If you use a different name then change the file references in your HTML file. Once the new version is out use the Download Builder to download the 1.2.0 version.

Kevin

Noodles12

Thankyou!!