RE: Tables versus Grids

"Jan Hellbusch" <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:37:48 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.org.w3c.accessibility.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Is it a violation of 1.3.1 to use a grid (role=grid) instead of a table to
display
> tabular data?
I would say yes.

Grids are defined as widget roles. I would expect a grid to be an
interactive component.

WAI-ARIA defines the role as follows:

"A composite widget containing a collection of one or more rows with one or
more cells where some or all cells in the grid are focusable by using
methods of two-dimensional navigation, such as directional arrow keys."
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#grid

That exempts read-only tables.

Jan