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Re: Closing expandable menus in dialog with Escape key

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From: Swift, Daniel P.
Date: Mar 4, 2021 12:08PM

I would think that pressing escape would close both (the modal as well as the containing expanded menu). I suggest this because it sounds like you are already doing this with other modal boxes that appear on your site (using escape to close the box). I think it's important to keep this consistency. If all of your modal boxes have the menu … I could see a case for either as long as you are consistent.

Daniel Swift, MBA
Senior Web Specialist
University Communications and Marketing
West Chester University
610.738.0589

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Subject: [WebAIM] Closing expandable menus in dialog with Escape key

Hello,

Looking for some thoughts on the situation where a dialog has
expandable menus (similar to 3 dots more options menu), now when this
menu is open then upon pressing Esc what would be the expected
behavior. Should only the menu get collapsed or the the entire dialog
should close?

Currently since the Esc key is tied to the dialog, so even when the
menu is expanded, pressing Esc results in closing the dialog.

What could be the best way to handle this situation?

Thanks!
Ajay