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From: Dean.Vasile@outlook.com
Date: Mar 20, 2024 9:31AM

Hello there
Have you tried manually navigating the table?
And if so, exactly how are you going about it?
JAWS has a layered table command where you could hit insert spacebar and the letter T and then you’d be able to up arrow down arrow left and right arrow through it
Or press alt control up down left and right arrow to navigate through it.
Does that work?
Dean Vasile


617-799-1162

> On Mar 20, 2024, at 11:22 AM, Laura Roberts < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> The table is a simple table with one header row.
> There's one merged data cell at the bottom row, but I was able to set
> colspan just fine with no errors in PAC, no reading order issues.
> It's laid out like this:
> [image: image.png]
> When JAWS reads it, it reads:
> all the header cells
> R1C1 (text), R1C2 (form field (and it does enter forms mode)), after
> exiting forms mode on R1C2, it says table end and exits the table
>
> I don't see anything wrong in the tags or reading order that would account
> for this.
>
> Here's the tag tree for that row:
> [image: image.png]
>
> Taking the tag object out of the P tag makes no difference. Don't know why
> it would, but I figured I'd give it a shot.
>
> Tired this morning, hoping it's something dumb and obvious I missed.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Laura Roberts
> 413-588-8422
> > > > > <image.png>
> <image.png>