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Re: Document within a document: how to mark up?

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Jun 21, 2019 5:32AM

Hi Bim,

The way it's currently marked up, the non-modal dialog looks like a
panel sitting on top of the original page. It has drag handles so it
can be moved over to one side (also works with a keyboard), and it can
be dismissed so that only the original page is visible, which puts the
focus on the button that opened the panel in the first place. So in
many ways it behaves like a dialog, but it just seems excessive to use
a dialog for a complete document.

We don't have the option of opening the extra content in a new window.
Some of our customers deliver tests using a Chromium browser that's
wrapped in an application to ensure security, in which case the
browser doesn't allow new windows to be spawned. So it all has to
happen on the same page.

Complexity and accessibility! Don't you just love it!

Cheers, Isabel

On 21/06/2019, Bim Egan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Izy,
>
> Is it possible to navigate back to the originating page from a non-modal
> dialog? I don't know of any way. If not, then the oldie and much hated
> JavaScript new window may be one solution to consider ... Users can then
> leave it open and alt+tab back to the question and back again, as many
> times
> as they need.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bim
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