role=rowgroup must be owned by role=grid or treegrid or table Web Standard

Description

An element with role=rowgroup must be contained in, or owned by, an element with role=grid or role=treegrid or role=table

Help

Roles that are part of composite structures like tables or tabs must be owned by the correct parent role. For example, role=cell elements must be owned by a role=row element.

Applicable standards

• ACT-Rules ff89c9
• WCAG 2.0 1.3.1
• WCAG 2.1 1.3.1
• Section 508 (2017) 1.3.1
• HTML5

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 6.47 Dec 2022 Updated for ARIA 1.2.
• 5.39 Nov 2020 Aligned with ACT Rules.
• 5.37 May 2020 Improved detection.
• 5.3 Sep 2013 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-rowgroup