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From: Mike Warner
Date: Mon, Apr 14 2025 8:19AM
Subject: WebAIM-Forum Digest, Vol 241, Issue 11
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Thanks, both of you. I'm not planning to use a gesture, but wanted to see
if one was already in place so I could let our learners use it. Good to
know that there is no gesture to close a dialog on a web page.

Mike

Mike Warner
Director of IT Services
MindEdge Learning

Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 17:18:33 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] what's the expected way to close a modal dialog
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> Hello Mike:
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> The two-finger scrub operation in iOS is to execute the "Back" function,
> not a "Close" function on a modal dialog.
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> Rick
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> Rick Blair (he/him/his)
> Senior Principal Digital Accessibility Program Manager
> Schneider Electric
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> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:38:16 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] what's the expected way to close a modal dialog
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> I would be careful with gestures to implement any navigational
> functionality. I have witnessed a feature in many native and web apps, like
> YouTube Music, where swiping left to right moves to the next song. While
> this approach might be nice for certain users, it backfires on screen
> reader users who use left to right and right to left gestures to navigate
> forward and backwards through controls.
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> I would not encourage overriding any default OS functionality to achieve a
> native or web app functionality. It does not benefit users, rather it works
> against default navigation functionalities with different screen readers
> and operating systems.
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> Stick to the Close button that would hide the modal and sets the focus
> back on the button that actuated that modal. That is the proper execution
> that users expect and that WCAG focuses on in its guidelines.
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