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Re: aria-hidden for content outside modal dialog?

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Oct 19, 2015 3:19PM

Hi Salesh,

it is stated in mapping details for aria-hidden=true
http://www.w3.org/TR/core-aam-1.1/#details-id-94


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SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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On 19 October 2015 at 22:12, Sailesh Panchang < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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
> >> > >> > >> > >> > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >