Column with sorting disabled generates an invalid aria-controls value of "undefined"

GarthMartin

Our WCAG tester identified an issue with a table that has had sorting disabled via columnDefs, where the aria-controls value is "undefined" instead of the table name.

My columnDefs parameter is :
"columnDefs" : [{ "targets" : [7], "orderable": false }]

which generates this as the HTML:

<button type="button" aria-controls="undefined" title="Actions: activate for ascending sort">Actions<span class="sorting-cnt"><span class="sorting-icons" aria-hidden="true"></span></span></button>

I tried adding a ariaTitle as well but it does not do anything differently.

Any way to get around this issue?

allan

I'm not actually certain where that HTML is coming from. We don't put a button into the table header for sorting.

I've tried to recreate the issue in this example but it appears to be operating as expected (no aria-controls on the ordering disable table header cell).

Could you update my test case, or link to another which shows the issue please?

Thanks,
Allan

GarthMartin

Ok thanks Allan...I think the issue is elsewhere.