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Re: what's the expected way to close a modal dialog in a web page using a mobile device with screen reader?

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From: Mike Warner
Date: Apr 3, 2025 3:30PM

Thanks, Steve. That explains why I wasn't able to close the web page
dialog with a gesture. Yep, the close button is available and can be
double tapped to close the dialog.

Mike Warner
Director of IT Services
MindEdge Learning


On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> You should be able to swipe till the Close button has focus, then double
> tap. If the button does not receive focus or double tapping when it has
> focus doesn’t close the dialog, it’s a non-conformance that needs to be
> fixed (it will almost certainly not work with a keyboard either).
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> If there are gestures that close the dialog, I’m not aware of them and I
> doubt if I would consider them an acceptable accessible alternative to the
> non-working Close button.
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> If the Close button does work when double tapped, no other means of
> closing the dialog is necessary, at least for WCAG conformance.
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> I expect the gestures you found only work with dialogs in the operating
> system and maybe in native apps rather than websites.
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> Steve
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> *From:* Mike Warner < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> *Sent:* 03 April 2025 22:06
> *To:* Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> *Cc:* WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> *Subject:* Re: [WebAIM] what's the expected way to close a modal dialog
> in a web page using a mobile device with screen reader?
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> Hi Steve,
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> I mean that the user does not tap to activate the close button, but uses a
> gesture of some sort. A few searches said that a back gesture (in talkback)
> and a two-finger scrub gesture in Voiceover are supposed to do the trick,
> but I was unable to reproduce that. Of course, I don't use talkback unless
> I'm testing a specific feature, so I could be swiping incorrectly.
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> Thanks,
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> Mike
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> Mike Warner
> Director of IT Services
> MindEdge Learning
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> On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
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> What do you mean by "when the close button is not activated"? Are you
> asking if there is a way to close a dialog without using the Close button?
> If so, I'm pretty certain the answer is no.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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