Accessibility features on SfDataGrid

Question

I would like to set the value that screen readers speak when a cell in the SfDataGrid is touched. In Xamarin Forms you can use the AutomationProperties feature to set the name of a label, for example. But I can't seem do to the same for a cell in the grid. Is it possible?

Vigneshkumar Ramasamy · Answer

Hi Ken Pespisa

Thanks for contacting Syncfusion support.

We have checked your requirement of screen readers speak when a cell in the SfDataGrid is touched. Your requirement can be achieved by enabling TalkBack settings in your device. Please follow below steps to enable TalkBack in your device.

Settings à Accessibility à TalkBack

After enabling the talkback, if you touch the cell of the SfDataGrid, then the screen will read the data in the cell. We have attached a below view in which we have tested SfDataGrid by enabling the TalkBack in our device.

Video link: Video

Please let us know if this helpful.

Regards

Vigneshkumar R

Ken Pespisa · Answer

Thank you, but that does not help completely.

I am seeing a bug on iOS. Your suggestion works for the initial load of the datagrid. But if you use a three-finger gesture to scroll the datagrid up, so that it shows a different set of cells, the values read by Voiceover are incorrect. They are the values from the first "page" of the datagrid.