Narrator is not accessing the readonly grid content #4978

Describe the bug

When setting a grid to read only and use narrator to access the grid, narrator could only focus on the whole data grid. It could not focus onto each cell. As a result, users with visual disability will not be able to know the grid content.

Regression

No response

Reproducible in sample app?

• This bug can be reproduced in the sample app.

Steps to reproduce

<UserControl
    x:Class="DatagridWRC.IOGrid"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:DatagridWRC"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:winui="using:Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    d:DesignHeight="300"
    d:DesignWidth="400">

    <StackPanel Margin="8">
        <winui:DataGrid 
            Name="dataGrid" Height="Auto" Width="Auto" Margin="12"
            AutoGenerateColumns="False"
            IsReadOnly="True"
            GridLinesVisibility="All"
            CanUserSortColumns="True"
            ItemsSource="{x:Bind IOInfoViewModel.Items, Mode=OneWay}">
            <winui:DataGrid.Columns>
                <winui:DataGridTextColumn 
                    Header="Resource" 
                    Width="SizeToCells"
                    Binding="{Binding Resource}"
                    FontSize="14" />
                <winui:DataGridTextColumn 
                    Header="Device" 
                    Width="SizeToCells"
                    Binding="{Binding Device}"
                    FontSize="14" />
                <winui:DataGridTextColumn 
                    Header="Status" 
                    Width="SizeToHeader"
                    Binding="{Binding Status}"
                    FontSize="14" />
            </winui:DataGrid.Columns>
        </winui:DataGrid>
    </StackPanel>
</UserControl>

Expected behavior

Please use the built-in narrator with windows to see the behavior.

Expect the narrator focus could focus to the grid cells just like the tab focus.

Screenshots

The narrator focus is with blue border, and the tab focus is with black border. we can see that narrator could only focus to the whole table, while tab focuses to the grid cell.

Windows Build Number

• Windows 10 1809 (Build 17763)
• Windows 10 1903 (Build 18362)
• Windows 10 1909 (Build 18363)
• Windows 10 2004 (Build 19041)
• Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042)
• Windows 10 21H1 (Build 19043)
• Windows 11 21H2 (Build 22000)
• Other (specify)

Other Windows Build number

No response

App minimum and target SDK version

• Windows 10, version 1809 (Build 17763)
• Windows 10, version 1903 (Build 18362)
• Windows 10, version 1909 (Build 18363)
• Windows 10, version 2004 (Build 19041)
• Other (specify)

Other SDK version

No response

Visual Studio Version

2022

Visual Studio Build Number

17.9.3

Device form factor

Desktop

Nuget packages

Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls.Core 7.1.3
Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls.DataGrid 7.1.3
Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform 6.2.14

Additional context

The issue could also been seen with JAWS.

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