Re: ISSUE-133 modal-attribute - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals

On 2011-08-09, at 5:47 AM, Steve Faulkner wrote:

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> "In §3.2.7 WAI-ARIA, the language feature <dialog modal> should be specified to have the strong native semantics equivalent to role="dialog""
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> WAI-ARIA defines 'dialog' as
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> " dialog (role) A dialog is an application window that is designed to interrupt the current processing of an application in order to prompt the user to enter information or require a response. "
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> Do you think that this is appropriate for all the use cases?
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We also need to ensure that authors receive guidance about the problems that dialog / application mode, can cause for some AT users.  The keyboard interaction of AT that switches into application mode changes significantly if the <dialog> element does not have a child element with role="document".

Sometimes it will be desirable to provide a true dialog (Yes, No, Cancel), other times authors should be nesting a container with role="document" within the dialog, to retain the expected keyboard interaction.

> On dialog close where does the focus move to by default?
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IMO, it is desirable to have the focus return to the element which caused the dialog to open.

> Even when dialogs are NOT modal it is important that tabbing to through all the controls in the dialog does not result in focus moving out of the dialog.
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It is also important that the content available to screen-readers be restricted to the dialog's contents.  As screen-reader users usually lack access to the visual affordances to separate dialog contents from the background.

> Can you add some text to the CP to detail this?
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> regards
> Stevef
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> On 7 August 2011 03:26, Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com> wrote:
> > Reminder: this closes Saturday…
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> Indeed. Here is the completed Change Proposal:
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> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/User:Eoconnor/ISSUE-133
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> Thanks for the extension,
> Ted
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> with regards
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> Steve Faulkner
> Technical Director - TPG
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