AnalyticalTable: A11Y - Repetitive column name announcements for screenreaders on navigating cells across columns

[t3s3r4ct]

Describe the bug

On navigating data cells in the Analytical Table in a horizontal direction across columns, the column name is announced twice by screenreaders. Video of the issue with sound is added as an example. Tested using JAWS 2025.

Isolated Example

https://stackblitz.com/edit/ui5wcr-at-kzftabqt?file=src%2FApp.tsx

Reproduction steps

1. Go to the linked stackblitz
2. Start JAWS or any other screenreader tool
3. Navigate across cells horizontally
4. Repetitive announcements for the column names are made

Expected Behaviour

No repetitive announcements by screenreaders

Screenshots or Videos

duplciate_announcements.mp4

UI5 Web Components for React Version

2.10.0

UI5 Web Components Version

2.10.0

Browser

Edge

Operating System

No response

Additional Context

No response

Relevant log output

Organization

SAP

Declaration

• I’m not disclosing any internal or sensitive information.

[Lukas742]

Hi @t3s3r4ct

duplicate announcements were made because we added the header label to the aria-label of the cell, because Apple VoiceOver otherwise won't announce the column name. With the linked PR, we're now using aria-labelledby relations only for Apple devices, so NVDA and JAWS can rely soley on the accessibility tree to derive the column name.

[ui5-webcomponents-react-bot]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version v2.16.0 🎉

The release is available on v2.16.0

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