- Success Criterion 4.1.3
- Conformance level AA
Table Sort Confirmation That’s Never Announced to Anyone
4.1.3 — Status Messages
Scenario
Setting
A video streaming service's show detail page
What’s wrong
Sort-applied confirmations on tables announced nowhere.
Example
Watch a video streaming service's show detail page closely and you'll spot this: sort-applied confirmations on tables announced nowhere.
Why it matters
Screen-reader users who need spoken confirmation of saves, errors, and results. Here, on a video streaming service's show detail page, the result is they hit a dead end with no way forward.
How to test
Apply a sort to a table with a screen reader running: if the 'sorted by X' confirmation isn't announced anywhere, it fails.
How to fix
The status text must be wired as a live region (code that makes screen readers announce updates)/status role so screen readers announce it automatically without moving focus.
Outcome
After the fix, the same visitor to a video streaming service's show detail page can now move past the barrier without workarounds.
Who is affected
Screen-reader users who need spoken confirmation of saves, errors, and results.
Learn more
- Understanding Understanding document (opens in a new tab)
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