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Re: Opening modal window without user action

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 25, 2016 7:37AM

On 25/03/2016 11:18, Bruno Girard wrote:
> Hello Rakesh,
> This change do not happen on focus... It is slightly different. We open the
> window and give focus to this window. This window appears after a
> programmed delay, without any specific user action. Does 3.2.1 is still the
> criteria to invoke for this fail?

It appears that WCAG 2.0 does not have a very specific SC for unexpected
changes of context that happen without user action (be it input or
focus) at AA. For AAA, I'd say this falls foul of 3.2.5 Change on
Request
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/consistent-behavior-no-extreme-changes-context.html

At a stretch, 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/time-limits-required-behaviors.html
(A) and 2.2.4 Interruptions
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/time-limits-postponed.html
(again AAA)

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