Re: @inert and @aria-inert for disambiguating modal states

On 1 October 2014 02:08, Jason Kiss <jason@accessibleculture.org> wrote:

> The PFWG recently discussed a possible ARIA property, "aria-inert", to
> help disambiguate modal states, for example to programmatically
> establish that the underlying content "behind" a modal dialog is inert
> and cannot be interacted with, even if it is visible [1].
>

In what contexts is it useful to have read-only access to content outside
of a modal dialog? It's not a pattern I have ever observed in the wild (but
I do live in a cave).

doesn't aria-hidden serve the use case?

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Regards

SteveF
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