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Re: Overlay search box and screen reader modes

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Sep 10, 2019 12:07PM

I've heard some consensus though is that if the dialog has a proper role and focus stays in the box it would not be a WCAG failure though to not use aria-hidden on the content outside of it. I guess that is the real question. It's not always so simple to move the content to its own sibling div of the body and assistive technology like screen readers are getting better about hiding content outside of dialogs when aria-modal is present. So it seems maybe better solved at the AT level.

Jonathan