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XRTable.AccessibleRole Property

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

#Declaration

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

#Property Value

Type Description
XRAccessibleRole

The value that defines XRTable 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 XRTable should be treated by screen readers in the exported PDF document. For this, set the control’s AccessibleRole property to Table before you export a report.

Set AccessibleRole in Property Grid

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. XRTable.AccessibleRole is set to Table, and the screen reader treats XRTable as a table in the exported document:

Exported report in the screen reader

You can also use XRLabel.AccessibleRole and XRTableRow.AccessibleRole to specify header cells and rows in the table.

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