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Do not use `rowgroup` role for table body #3232

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knowler opened this issue Feb 7, 2025 · 0 comments

knowler commented Feb 7, 2025 •

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While the tbody HTML element is supposed to map to the rowgroup ARIA role, no browser implements this and this seems warranted because neither NVDA or JAWS can navigate by cell when a table’s body has a rowgroup role on it. Currently, the Table pattern uses role=rowgroup for the table body. I think for now it should not and perhaps a note should be added. Whether we like it or not, developers do thoughtlessly copy these patterns without testing.

Cross-reference: w3c/html-aam#474

The ARIA spec for rowgroup also calls out a spec issue related to this:

NOTE
This role does not differentiate between types of row groups (e.g., thead vs. tbody), but an issue has been raised for WAI-ARIA 2.0.

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