w3c / w3c/html-aria

<td> and role="columnheader/rowheader"

Open
#562 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
HTML
Stars
202
Forks
50
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

@scottaohara,

It seems reasonable to me that an author might want to override the implicit cell role of a <td> using ARIA and instead apply a columnheader or rowheader ARIA role.
Should ARIA in HTML allow this?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Review the ARIA in HTML rules governing and the columnheader/rowheader roles. Use the question in issue #562 to determine whether overriding the implicit cell role should be permitted, then document the standards decision and its rationale.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
accessibility
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.