jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

Hi Tony,

The scope of this topic deals with 508 compliance and editable cells within the grid.

We have the grid functioning to a decently acceptable level of screen reader compliance with the JAWS screen reader, but when we use the keyboard to navigate to an editable cell, activate the cell, edit, and save the cell, the screen reader no longer knows where it is located in the jqGrid.

Say we are on column 3 row 5, we edit and save the cell and JAWS will, at this point, say "table with xx columns and xx rows, row 1 column 1." So, JAWS has forgotten where we are in the table and has kicked us back to column 1 row 1.

I know the grid uses ARIA attributes to achieve 508 compliance, and we have modified this quite a bit. My question for you is:

What ARIA attributes should we be using to make a screen reader aware of this relationship between the table cell and the editable cell element that is being built in real time. We want to be able to have the screen reader know of it's current location after saving an editable cell.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.