Accessibility Features Overview
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The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the DataGrid features that you use.
Accessibility Requirement | Support Level |
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Right-to-Left Support | |
Keyboard Navigation Support | |
Screen Reader Support | |
Contrast Color Theme | |
Mobile Device Support | |
Lighthouse Accessibility Validation | |
Axe Accessibility Validation | |
WAVE Accessibility Validation | |
Section 508 Support | |
WCAG 2.x Support |
- - All component features meet the requirement
- - Some component features may not meet the requirement
- - Accessibility requirement is not supported
Accessibility Standards Compliance
The DataGrid component complies to all Section 508 and WCAG 2.x standards criteria except the following:
Section 508 criteria | WCAG 2.x criteria | Exception description |
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- | 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) | Drag icons do not have alt and aria-label attributes. |
- | 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A) 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A) |
The column fixing feature in DataGrid does not meet this criterion. |
11.5.2.12 Execution of available actions | 2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A) |
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502.3.3 Row, Column, and Headers | - | DataGrid does not convey information about headers if the column fixing feature is enabled. |
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the DataGrid component:
Key | Action |
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← → ↑ ↓ |
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Shift + Mouse Wheel | Scrolls the content left/right if the horizontal scrolling is taking place. |
Enter |
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F2 | Switches a cell to the editing state.3 |
Esc | Cancels changes made in a cell or row and switches it back to its normal state. |
Alt + ↓ | Opens a drop-down editor (a select box4, a calendar5, etc.) in the editing state. |
Space |
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Ctrl + ↑ ↓ | Navigates between a column header, filter row, data area, filter panel, and pager. |
Ctrl + Space or Ctrl + Click | Selects or clears the selection of the focused row. Previously selected rows remain selected.7 |
Shift + Space or Shift + Click | Selects or clears the selection of a range of rows between the last selected or deselected and the focused rows.7,8 |
Ctrl + A | Selects all rows.6,9 |
Ctrl + F | Focuses the search panel.10 |
PageUp / PageDown | Navigates to the previous/next page. |
Tab / Shift + Tab | Moves the focus one element forward/back. Focuses the first/last element in the next/previous row if there are no more elements in the current row. |
Shift + Click / Ctrl + Click on a column header |
Applies/clears sorting settings of the column.11 |
- If the enterKeyAction is "startEdit".
- If the edititng.mode is "cell" or "batch" and the enterKeyAction is "moveFocus".
- The editing.mode should be "cell" or "batch".
- A select box appears in a cell of a lookup column.
- A calendar appears in a data cell when a column contains "date" type data.
- The selection.mode should be different from "none".
- The selection.mode should be "multiple".
- If the scrolling.mode is "virtual", the rows should be visible simultaneously. If the mode is "standard", the rows should be on one page.
- selection.allowSelectAll should be true.
- The search panel should be visible.
- The sorting.mode should be "multiple".
You can override these shortcuts or create your own. Refer to the following help topic for more information: Custom Keyboard Navigation.
Screen Reader Support
The DataGrid component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards. The exceptions are listed in the Accessibility Standards Compliance topic.
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