XRLabel.AccessibleRole Property

Specifies the role of XRLabel and XRTableCell in the exported PDF document. This value is used by assistive technologies.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(true)]
public override XRAccessibleRole AccessibleRole { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(True)>
Public Overrides Property AccessibleRole As XRAccessibleRole

Property Value

Type	Description
XRAccessibleRole	The value that defines the XRLabel role.

Available values:

Name	Description
Default	Applies no semantic meaning to the UI element.
Heading1	Applies “level one heading” meaning to an XRLabel.
Heading2	Applies “level two heading” meaning to an XRLabel.
Heading3	Applies “level three heading” meaning to an XRLabel.
Heading4	Applies “level four heading” meaning to an XRLabel.
Heading5	Applies “level five heading” meaning to an XRLabel.
Heading6	Applies “level six heading” meaning to an XRLabel.
Table	Applies “table” meaning to an XRTable.
TableHeaderRow	Applies “header row” meaning to an XRTableRow.
TableHeaderCell	Applies “header cell” meaning to an XRTableCell.

Remarks

You can specify how XRLabel and XRTableCell should be treated by screen readers in the exported PDF document.

Define XRLabel Accessible Role

Set the control’s AccessibleRole property to Heading1 - Heading6 before you export a report.

Set the PdfExportOptions.PdfUACompatibility property to PdfUA1 to conform the exported PDF document to PDF/UA specification. Then, export the report to PDF format.

The image below shows the result. XRLabel.AccessibleRole is set to Heading2, and the screen reader treats XRLabel as a “level two” heading in the exported document:

Define XRTableCell Accessible Role

Before you export a report, set the XRTable‘s AccessibleRole property to Table to define a control as a table. Then, specify the XRTableCell.AccessibleRole property:

Note

AccessibleRole is not in effect for cells merged with the XRTableCell.RowSpan property.

Set the PdfExportOptions.PdfUACompatibility property to PdfUA1 to conform the exported PDF document to PDF/UA specification. Then, export the report to PDF format.

The image below shows the result. XRTableCell.AccessibleRole is set to TableHeaderCell, and the screen reader treats XRTableCell with “Bill to:” text as a header cell in the exported document: