Re: modal / popups catching tabs - ADA rules?

Hi Bryan,

I'm a bit confused by the slash in "modal / popup" since I interpret that as an "or".
Not every pop-up dialog is modal; it is modal when it requires interaction (e.g. clicking "OK" or "Cancel") before you can use the main content or UI again.
A pop-up dialog that allow you to tab out of it without closing it would be non-modal.
See for example the article "Modal & Nonmodal Dialogs: When (& When Not) to Use Them": https://www.nngroup.com/articles/modal-nonmodal-dialog/.

Best regards,

Christophe Strobbe


> On 11 June 2021 at 11:17 bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I recently saw a tutorial where someone suggested that in a modal (and
> I believe also popups) according to ADA rules that the user should be
> prevented from tabbing out of the modal / popup.
> 
> That seems sort of weird to me since I would normally just think I
> allow you to tab out and when you do I close the modal and give your
> the focus outside the modal to wherever you are at (same applies
> popup) - at first I thought well ok that's the way the ADA wants it
> but the more I thought about it the more it seems just wrong to me.
> 
> So is the way I would normally do it correct or was the article
> actually correct that the ADA would require you to prevent the user
> from tabbing out of such a container? If so, can you clarify the
> reasoning for me?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bryan Rasmussen
>

Received on Friday, 11 June 2021 10:39:41 UTC