Re: JAWS lists and modal windows

I agree that we are probably weighing down some of our modals with too much
information. But one reason we're using modals is because the test team
didn't think our tooltips were accessible enough. They were holding us to a
WCAG 2.1 standard, although I don't think they realized it.
Our test team tends to take a hardline, letter of the law interpretation.
To them, all 508 bugs are critical.
Thanks Lucy for the tip about the bug; we'll definitely check that out.
Mike

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 1:53 PM Léonie Watson <lwatson@tetralogical.com>
wrote:

> It appears to be a Jaws specific bug, confirmed using this test case
> from Scott O'Hara:
> https://scottaohara.github.io/testing/html-dialog/tos-dialog.html
>
> As a rule I advise against trying to fix bugs in individual assistive
> tech, especially (as with this case) when the result is non-critical. It
> almost always makes the code more complex and consequently more brittle.
>
> I do think your assertion that screen reader users are unlikely to use
> this functionality in dialogs might be true though. Certainly, it's not
> a thing I ever recall trying to do - though I'm only a sample of one of
> course!
>
> Léonie.
>
> On 29/03/2022 17:18, Mike Cleary wrote:
> > Hello,
> > We are frequently getting bug reports when using JAWS lists of headings
> > or links to access the contents of open modal windows. In particular,
> > when selecting a header on a modal, navigation on the modal tends to
> > skip over a few elements.
> >
> > I think it unlikely that someone will open a JAWS list after opening a
> > modal window, but our test team won't budge (and maybe I misjudge JAWS
> > users), so we're looking for a fix.
> >
> > Any advice about how we can address this issue? or comment about the
> > interaction of JAWS lists and modals in general?
> >
> > Mike
> >
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