`react-doctor/data-table-requires-accessible-name`

Data table has no accessible name

Category: Accessibility
Severity: warn
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: react
Default: Disabled until configured

Validate the diagnostic

Confirm the reported code matches this rule before you edit it.

Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/data-table-requires-accessible-name. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

Compare the code

The corrected pattern shows a focused way to address the diagnostic.

Reported pattern

const Results = () => (
  <table>
    <thead>
      <tr><th>Name</th></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr><td>Ada</td></tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
);

Corrected pattern

const Results = () => (
  <table>
    <caption>Search results</caption>
    <thead>
      <tr><th>Name</th></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr><td>Ada</td></tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
);

How to fix

Use the corrected pattern as a reference. Preserve behavior that the rule does not require you to change.

Copyable fix prompt

Copy this self-contained prompt into your coding agent after you confirm the diagnostic.

Fix every confirmed react-doctor/data-table-requires-accessible-name diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Give data tables a concise caption, or reference an existing visible title with aria-labelledby.

Reference transformation:Before:

const Results = () => (
  <table>
    <thead>
      <tr><th>Name</th></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr><td>Ada</td></tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
);

After:

const Results = () => (
  <table>
    <caption>Search results</caption>
    <thead>
      <tr><th>Name</th></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr><td>Ada</td></tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
);

Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Preserve accessible names, focus order, keyboard behavior, and touch access not targeted by this rule. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. - Confirm this rule is enabled for the project: react. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

More Accessibility rules from the rules reference:

react-doctor/design-no-vague-button-label: Name the action: "Save changes" instead of "Continue", "Send invite" instead of "Submit", "Delete account" instead of "OK". The label IS the button's accessible name
react-doctor/details-requires-summary: Details disclosure has no explicit summary
react-doctor/dialog-has-accessible-name: Dialog without accessible name
react-doctor/empty-table-header: Table header has no accessible text
react-doctor/fieldset-requires-legend: Fieldset group has no legend

react-doctor/data-table-requires-accessible-name