[Table]: table cells not navigable by keyboard

ee92 commented 1 month ago

Bug Description

Table cells are not navigable by keyboard arrow keys like the SAPUI5 table: https://ui5.sap.com/#/entity/sap.m.Table/sample/sap.m.sample.Table

Affected Component

Table

Expected Behaviour

Expect individual cells to be navigable by arrow keys

Isolated Example

https://sap.github.io/ui5-webcomponents/v1/components/Table/

Steps to Reproduce

tab to table
use arrow keys
notice only rows are navigable, not individual cells

Log Output, Stack Trace or Screenshots

No response

Priority

Medium

UI5 Web Components Version

1.24.6

Browser

Chrome

Operating System

No response

Additional Context

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Organization

SuccessFactors

Declaration

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TeodorTaushanov commented 1 month ago

Hi @SAP/ui5-webcomponents-topic-core, can you check this issue?

ilhan007 commented 1 month ago

Hello @ee92 this request would require significant development effort and we focus on providing bug fixes for this Table mainly. Additionally, given the fact that the new Table already supports it it would be a duplicate effort. Actually the improved accessibility is one of the key advantages of the new Table and part of the decision to take on developing has been several accessibility issues filed by SFSF and because there were difficult to implement in the v1/Table with its DOM structure, we have decided to build another one.

Several things about the new Table:

improved Accessibility
part of 2.0 only
marked as experimental, not because there are known bugs, but because the API is subject to change based on the consumption feedback.
will be the successor of the v1/Table (the one you reference) mid-term, the v1/Table will be removed once the experimental tag of the new Table is removed (of course removed in the 2.0 branch, in 1.24 it will be maintained until the version 1 end of support which is end of the year)
will be enhanced furthermore to add "data table" features like virtualisation (like the Analytical Table in ui5 webc for react, or grid table in SAPUI5)

As the usage of the new Table means upgrading to 2.0 and adopting other breaking changes, what do you think, is this option feasible for you?

Learn more about 2.0:

ilhan007 commented 1 week ago

Closing due to inactivity, feel free to re-trigger the discussion and we will re-open the issue.

BR, ilhan

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