RFR: 8325690: The scrollable element <div> with non-interactive content is not tabbable [v29]

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 12:33:31 GMT, psoujany <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The scrollable element `<div>` with non-interactive content is not tabbable. Grid columns in the javadoc stylesheet has overflow: auto, which is failing Accessibility checks.
>> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8325690
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> psoujany has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Add tabindex to tabbable elements

src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/Table.java line 334:

> 332:             cell.addStyle(rowStyle);
> 333:             if (!matchFound) {
> 334:                 cell.put(HtmlAttr.ROLE, "tablist")

Looking into this further, I don't think the `role="tablist"` attribute is correct here. According to the [MDN documentation], a `tablist` is defined as a container for a set of `tabs`, which does not apply for table cells.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17819#discussion_r1625750412