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Re: Accessible Modal

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: May 20, 2015 7:05AM

> Not sure why that should apply in this case. What's the basis for expecting the CSS paradigm to be applied to WAI-ARIA?
Anything in the ARIA specs to this effect?

We're just trying to find a quick way to hide other content except for the modal dialog. Based on how some pages are designed it could require adding tens or hundreds of aria-hidden=true on all sorts of other elements -- this is just not practical.

Jonathan

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