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Re: aria-hidden for content outside modal dialog?

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Oct 19, 2015 3:12PM

Steve,
I still am not clear where the specs convey that "Element should not
be exposed, unless it is focused or fires an accessibility event".
Jonathan stated only one of the conditions, "aria-hidden should be
ignored when applied to a focusable element".

I am reading the "5.1.2 Including Elements in the Accessibility Tree
section on
Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1.

It says, " If not already excluded from the accessibility tree per the
rules above in Excluding Elements in the Accessibility Tree, user
agents must provide an accessible object in the accessibility tree
for DOM elements that meet any of the following criteria:..."

The 6 distinct items listed includes text elements as well as
focusable elements and elements that may fire an accessibility event.
This is understandable including the note at the end of the list.
I see this section does not begin with "If already excluded from the
accessibility tree ..." but "If not already excluded".

Thanks and regards,
Sailesh Panchang


On 10/19/15, Paul J. Adam < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> In this demo, http://pauljadam.com/demos/dialog-DOM.html, the main element
> is aria-hidden and all links and buttons are removed from the focus order.
> It works with VoiceOver on iOS also.
>
> Paul J. Adam
> Accessibility Evangelist
> www.deque.com
>
>> On Oct 17, 2015, at 2:48 AM, Detlev Fischer < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, this is the link to the revised page that I meant to send:
>> http://www.3needs.org/en/testing/code/role-dialog-3.html
>>
>> Sent from phone
>>
>>
>> Sent from phone
>> >> >> >> >
> > > > >