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[web] a11y support for tables #45205

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[web] a11y support for tables#45205
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P2Important issues not at the top of the work lista: accessibilityAccessibility, e.g. VoiceOver or TalkBack. (aka a11y)customer: castawayframeworkflutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.p: material_uimaterial_ui package in flutter/packagesteam-designOwned by Design Languages teamtriaged-designTriaged by Design Languages team

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@nturgut
nturgut
opened on Nov 19, 2019

There are many a11y features for tables which includes:

  • Read column header
  • Read row
  • Read column
  • Move up or down in a column
  • Move across a row

We should add support for these use cases in Flutter for Web.

https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/widgets/Table-class.html
https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/DataTable-class.html
https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/PaginatedDataTable-class.html

OS role
web table
ios -
macos NSAccessibilityTableRole
windows ROLE_SYSTEM_TABLE
android android.widget.TableLayout

https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/widgets/TableRow/children.html
https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/DataCell-class.html

OS role
web cell
ios -
macos NSAccessibilityCellRole
windows ROLE_SYSTEM_CELL
android -

https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/widgets/TableRow-class.html
https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/DataRow-class.html

OS role
web row
ios -
macos NSAccessibilityGroupRole, NSAccessibilityTableRowSubrole
windows ROLE_SYSTEM_ROW
android android.widget.TableRow

https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/DataColumn/label.html

OS role
web columnheader
ios -
macos NSAccessibilityCellRole
windows ROLE_SYSTEM_COLUMNHEADER
android -

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    a: accessibilityAccessibility, e.g. VoiceOver or TalkBack. (aka a11y)
    platform-webWeb applications specifically
    on Nov 19, 2019
  2. nturgut
    added this to the milestone on Nov 19, 2019
  3. kf6gpe
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    on May 29, 2020
  4. kf6gpe
    modified the milestone: on Jun 1, 2020
  5. yjbanov
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    P2Important issues not at the top of the work list
    and removed
    P1High-priority issues at the top of the work list
    on Jun 16, 2020
  6. iapicca
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    p: material_uimaterial_ui package in flutter/packages
    frameworkflutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.
    on Jul 3, 2020
  7. kf6gpe
    modified the milestone: on Jul 7, 2020
  8. TahaTesser
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  9. kf6gpe
    removed this from the milestone on Jul 22, 2020

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    on Dec 2, 2024
  14. chunhtai
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    hannah-hyj
    on Jan 14, 2025
  15. Piinks
    added this to Framework A11y Hotliston Jan 14, 2025
  16. Piinks
    moved this to In Progress in Framework A11y Hotliston Jan 14, 2025
  17. github-merge-queue
    added a commit that references this issue on Feb 14, 2025

    Add table related semantics role (#162339)

    7cf38fd
  18. github-merge-queue
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 13, 2025

    [framework]Add semantics role to table rows. (#163337)

    6aaa4eb
  19. github-merge-queue
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 22, 2025

    Reland #163662 [web][a11y]Delete _childContainerElement (#165434)

    efa81a7
  20. auto-submit
    closed this as completedin #165434on Mar 22, 2025
  21. github-project-automation
    moved this from In Progress to Done in Framework A11y Hotliston Mar 22, 2025

  22. github-actions commented on Apr 5, 2025

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    on Apr 5, 2025 – with GitHub Actions

    This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. If you are still experiencing a similar issue, please open a new bug, including the output of flutter doctor -v and a minimal reproduction of the issue.

  23. github-actions
    locked as resolved and limited conversation to collaborators on Apr 5, 2025
  24. zhangyuang
    added a commit that references this issue on Jun 9, 2025

    Reland flutter#163662 [web][a11y]Delete _childContainerElement (flutt…

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  25. romanejaquez
    added a commit that references this issue on Aug 14, 2025

    Reland flutter#163662 [web][a11y]Delete _childContainerElement (flutt…

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