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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: Dean.Vasile---
Date: Apr 3, 2025 4:26PM

Agreed it will either be a close button or a back button.
I’ve also run into keyboard traps on applications where I could go to a map, but then I couldn’t get out of it again because there were no back buttons and no close buttons so nonconformance issues there are no gestures to get out of model windows on the mobile device
Dean Vasile
IAAP, CPACC
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> On Apr 3, 2025, at 5:24 PM, Steve Green via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> 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,
> 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> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:
> 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.
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> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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