Accessibility for icons in ALV Grid Cell

Accessibility for icons in ALV Grid Cell

It is a known fact that accessibility is a major issue these days. All our developments need to be accessible for handicapped people.

Recently, I used ALV Grid in my development. I used Traffic Light Icons to display conformance with some parameters.

But to my surprise, the tooltip for these icons was missing in both sapgui and webgui.

However, there is one way by which you can force tooltip to appear in webgui. Here is the code:


include <icon>.
Data: g_icon_conform type iconname.

* Green Traffic Light Icon for Conformance
g_icon_conform = icon_green_light+0(3).
CONCATENATE g_icon_conform 'Q' text-cnf icon_green_light+3(1) into g_icon_conform.

Note: 
1) text-cnf is 'conform' in this case.

2) The id for Icon_green_light icon is '



-->


@', so we are forcing it to '@08QConform@'. 
This text 'Conform' will be displayed as tooltip whenever g_icon_conform
is assigned to some alv grid field.

    Requires Free Membership to View

    Login

    When you register, you will start receiving targeted emails from my award-winning team of editorial writers. Our goal is to keep you informed on the hottest topics and biggest challenges faced by SAP professionals today.

    Hannah Smalltree, Editorial Director

    By submitting your registration information to SearchSAP.com you agree to receive email communications from TechTarget and TechTarget partners. We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy which contains important disclosures about how we collect and use your registration and other information. If you reside outside of the United States, by submitting this registration information you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Your use of SearchSAP.com is governed by our Terms of Use. You may contact us at webmaster@TechTarget.com.

This was first published in March 2004

Join the conversationComment

Share
Comments

    Results

    Contribute to the conversation

    All fields are required. Comments will appear at the bottom of the article.

    Disclaimer: Our Tips Exchange is a forum for you to share technical advice and expertise with your peers and to learn from other enterprise IT professionals. TechTarget provides the infrastructure to facilitate this sharing of information. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy or validity of the material submitted. You agree that your use of the Ask The Expert services and your reliance on any questions, answers, information or other materials received through this Web site is at your own risk.

    Back to top