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Improve partner onboarding and documentation navigation (#174) 
Lead with a complete plugin quick start and add task-oriented usage, troubleshooting, customization, and contribution guides. Preserve the broader plugin framing, correct conflicting contract guidance, support Agents folder reviews, and align repository validation. Convert existing sample references to clickable links without changing knowledge rules.

Co-authored-by: Jesper Schulz-Wedde <jesper.schulzwedde@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-09-09 17:31:03 +02:00

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Tabular intent requires data-table conditions

Description

The most common accessibility bug in grid layouts is partially following the data-table conventions. A developer arranges fields with tabular intent — one field acts as a label or row header for another — but the grid does not satisfy all the data-table heuristic conditions. The client falls back to layout-table rendering, and the tabular relationships between fields are lost: a screen reader announces each field independently with no programmatic association.

Flag a grid as an accessibility issue when any of these are true:

  • An editable field has ShowCaption = false and the grid does not meet all data-table conditions.
  • Fields are arranged so that one field is clearly intended to label or describe another field (tabular data intent), but the grid does not meet all data-table conditions.

Both manifestations have the same root cause: tabular semantics were intended but the heuristic ultimately rendered the grid as a layout table.

Anti Pattern

A single field that keeps its visible caption is enough to demote an entire would-be data-table grid into a layout table — and silently strip the labels off its sibling captionless fields. Either restructure to meet all three conditions, or restore captions on every editable field.

See sample: tabular-intent-requires-data-table-conditions.bad.al.