Re: Simplifying popup interference

+1 better

Katie Haritos-Shea
703-371-5545

On Jul 20, 2017 4:31 PM, "Jim Allan" <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Repsher, Stephen J <
> stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com> wrote:
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>> If not, here’s some simplified wording perhaps to restart the engine:
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>> Popup Interference:
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>> Popup content does not render any of its triggering content invisible,
>> and remains visible while pointer hover or focus is on the popup content.
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> ​Popup Interference:
> For content that appears on hover or focus, the following are true:
> 1. ​
> ​
> Popup content does not render any of its triggering content invisible
> 2. Popup content remains visible while the pointer is on the popup content
> or focus is on the triggering content
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> ​Except where
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>    1. User agent control: The
>    ​popup is ​
>    determined by the user agent and
>    ​is
>     not modified by the author
>    ​.​
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> Reworded the second clause to cover different behavior for hover pointer,
> and focus. Focus would stay on the triggering content and the pointer is
> free to move around. the only way I can think that focus would get into
> popup content is if the popup is a modal type window... which is different
> from popup that are transient. That is, content that does not need a
> specific close mechanism ([x] on modal windows).
> The exception covers the "title" attribute popups and pointer obscuring
> popup
>
> Jim
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>> And where we define popup as “becomes visible only on pointer hover or
>> focus”.
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>> Critique away…
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>> Steve
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