Bug 159201 - Can't get the screen reader to read the table column headers
Summary: Can't get the screen reader to read the table column headers
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 3.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Carolyn MacLeod CLA
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Keywords: accessibility
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Reported: 2006-09-28 17:12 EDT by Dao Nguyen CLA
Modified: 2008-04-09 17:53 EDT (History)
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Description Dao Nguyen CLA 2006-09-28 17:12:27 EDT 
Unable to get focus to the table column header using keyboard and as result screen reader can't read the column header label.
Comment 1 Kim Horne CLA 2006-10-02 11:32:03 EDT 
SWT issue?
Comment 2 Carolyn MacLeod CLA 2008-04-09 17:53:17 EDT 
This works for me, using JAWS 8.0 and WindowEyes 6.0.

SWT publishes the table column headers through MSAA. The screen readers decide whether they want to read them. JAWS and WindowEyes both read them by default.
The headers do not need to have focus to be read.

If you are using a very old version of JAWS, you may need to find and select the "Use MSAA for ListViews" option in the Configuration Manager in order to hear table headers.

Closing bug.