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Re: Opening modal window without user action

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From: John Hicks
Date: Mar 25, 2016 8:12AM

Hello WebAIM team...

Definitely 3.2.5 violation and may I just say, "death to unsolicited
pop-ups!". Sorry if I appear harsh...

Not that this helps with the violation but does this modal close with the
ESCape key, or do you have to go through the YES / NO ?

If we can get rid of it without having to interact with it that is at least
slightly better (for the user).

John




2016-03-25 14:37 GMT+01:00 Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:

> 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)
>
> P
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