Scott, any idea? On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Michelle D'Souza < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thought I'd chime in and give some more context. David and I are > getting started on improving the accessibility of the jQuery UI > widgets. We've started by playing with the existing demos using the > keyboard as our only input device. This is generally where we like to > start since it is a requirement of a range of adaptive technologies > from alternate input devices to screen readers. It's also a nice > concrete thing to tackle - essentially we should be able to accomplish > the same tasks with the keyboard that we can with the mouse. > > In trying to use the modal dialog with the keyboard, we've found that > we get stuck. We are unable to get focus onto the dialog in order to > activate the 'close' anchor or, for that matter, in order to activate > any buttons etc that are on the dialog. A quick glance at the code > seems to point to the initial focus being placed incorrectly. Ideally > when the dialog opens, focus would be placed on the first element in > the tab order on the dialog. Perhaps the solution is simply to call > focus at the end of the 'open' function in ui.dialog.js. > > Does this make sense? > > Michelle > > On Sep 10, 11:53 am, David Bolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We found what appears to be a bug with modal dialogs. If you go to the > > dialog demo: > http://ui.jquery.com/repository/latest/demos/functional/#ui.dialog > > > > Close the dialog that's there, and launch a modal dialog (with or > > without overlay). Keyboard focus seems to be lost, and tabbing doesn't > > seem to be possible for the document. > > > > Please see related:http://ui.jquery.com/bugs/ticket/3327 > > > > Any ideas? > > > > cheers, > > David > > > -- Paul Bakaus UI Architect -- http://paulbakaus.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbakaus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
