Google Sheets: headers dont' read if tables are turned off

[tspivey]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a sheet with a header row and some data below it. Make sure braille support is enabled.
2. Read the second row.

   Actual behavior:

   If tables are disabled in document formatting, the column titles don't read while navigating the spreadsheet.

   Expected behavior:

   The column headers read.

   System configuration

   NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

   Installed

   NVDA version:

   2021.3.5

   Windows version:

   Windows 10 21H1

   Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

   Chrome Version 100.0.4896.127 (Official Build) (64-bit)

   Other information about your system:

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Yes

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

Yes

[feerrenrut]

Without investigating, my understanding is that the option "tables" was historically intended to enable/disabled reporting of anything related to tables. Now that there are more granular options (reporting row / col headers, reporting cell coords), it might make sense to mutate this option to instead just enable/disable reporting of "table with x rows and y columns".

[TheQuinbox]

Any updates on this issue? I'm presently trying to use Sheets, and am encountering it.

[Adriani90]

This is also valid for Microsoft Excel.

[rkingett]

I can also reproduce this in LibreOffice too.