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Re: Accessible Modal Dialog Review

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From: James Nurthen
Date: Jun 22, 2011 11:45AM

You should be able to set aria-hidden="true" on the underlying page
content when the dialog is open to avoid this issue. Obviously
remembering to reset to false when the dialog closes!

Regards,
James

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:13, Donald Evans < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I would love to have an accessible modal.  This one does a good job of
> keeping the keyboard only user out of the underlying page, but the screen
> reader user can still use the arrow keys and find his/her way to the entire
> page.
>
> I don't know of anyway to keep the SR user out?
>
> Using Jaws 12 and FireFox 4
> .
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I've been working on an accessible modal dialog jQuery widget.  I think
>> I've gotten it to the point where I'd like to get some feedback from the
>> community.  I'd really appreciate any comments/suggestions/questions you
>> may have.  When all is said and done, I'd like to truly turn this into a
>> full blown jQuery widget and make it available to the public.
>>
>> Link to modal dialog:
>> http://webhipster.com/testing/accessibility/modal-dialog-latest/
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Best,
>> Vinnie
>>
>> Vincent Young
>> User Experience, Web Accessibility Specialist
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