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Re: [EXTERNAL] aria-expanded menu or dialog?

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From: Jeremy Echols
Date: Mar 8, 2021 8:12AM

I'd strongly advise against having a dialog's behaviors without just calling it a dialog. The screen-reader user has to pay close attention because their focus is suddenly trapped inside a nav element with behaviors that aren't typically used in a nav. I think if it's going to look like a dialog and act like a dialog, it should just be given the role of dialog, even if it is just a set of links.

Personally I think a full-screen list of links in a menu/disclosure is fine anyway, and there's no need to change it to act like a dialog. I don't feel like it matters how much space the thing takes up so long as it's not totally defying all expectations (like a tooltip taking up the full screen, that would be weird). But a list of links that appears when activating something menu-like? That's just a menu (or disclosure), even if it's a huge one.