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Datatable: The content of each row in datatable is read as row in screen reader while navigating through keyboard
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Description
Describe the bug
When navigating through keyboard, screen reader is reading the content of table as row. Expecting to read the contents in each row
Reproducer
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System Information
primereact 10.9.1
browser chrome
Steps to reproduce the behavior
Create primereact table, read each row through screen reader
Expected behavior
The row contents should be read
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the DataTable keyboard-navigation behavior in PrimeReact 10.9.1 on Chrome with a screen reader. Inspect the DataTable's keyboard navigation and row semantics, then verify that navigating through a row causes its contents to be read as expected rather than only announcing the row.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100