Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread tee
On Jan 22, 2011, at 8:11 AM, Steve Green wrote: > I just tested it in exactly the same operating system and browser, and it > works fine. The fact that you are seeing the ‘Skip to content’ link suggests > that the focus is going to the top of the page, not into the lightbox. That > happens i

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Green
up.org] On Behalf Of Thierry Koblentz Sent: 22 January 2011 17:48 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes Hi Steve, > Yes, here's one we worked on - http://htmltools.moneymadeclear.org.uk/mortgage-calculator/index.aspx   What about using rol

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Hi Steve, > Yes, here's one we worked on - http://htmltools.moneymadeclear.org.uk/mortgage-calculator/index.aspx   What about using role="alertdialog" on that container? http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#chobet -- Regards, Thierry @thierrykoblentz www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | www

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread mega
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RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Green
anuary 2011 10:06 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes In case you want to investigate further with your developer, my system is OS X 10.6, FF 3.6.13. I don't have status bar enabled by default; with it enabled, I found part of the cause

Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread tee
In case you want to investigate further with your developer, my system is OS X 10.6, FF 3.6.13. I don't have status bar enabled by default; with it enabled, I found part of the cause, but the result is still inconsistent. At one attempt, the first tab shows nothing from status bar, and the seco

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-21 Thread Birendra
t get implemented. Steve _ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 21 January 2011 04:21 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes On Jan 20, 2011, at 4:44 AM, Steve

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-21 Thread James Grant
rdsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] ON BEHALF OF tee SENT: 21 January 2011 04:21 TO: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org SUBJECT: Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes On Jan 20, 2011, at 4:44 AM, Steve Green wrote: Yes, here's one we worked on - http://htmltools.mo

Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-21 Thread tee
On Jan 21, 2011, at 3:38 AM, Steve Green wrote: > Yes, it was tested in all browsers and I just tested it again in Firefox on > Windows and Mac - it works ok for me. What is not working for you? Tested it again. I see the problem now, it takes the third tabbing to see the focus for close. Fir

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-21 Thread Steve Green
ut it didn't get implemented. Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 21 January 2011 04:21 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes On Jan 20, 201

Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-20 Thread tee
On Jan 20, 2011, at 4:44 AM, Steve Green wrote: > Yes, here's one we worked on - > http://htmltools.moneymadeclear.org.uk/mortgage-calculator/index.aspx > Have you tested it on Firefox? It doesn't seem to allow keyboard support for the modal window. Also, a usability glitch IMHO, the clos

Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-20 Thread tee
jQuery Fancybox has keyboard control using mousewheel plugin. No keyboard support for close window - this could be implemented with ARIA I guess. > > > I haven't been able to find any that will trigger a screen reader to actually > read the content within > Most of the lightbox-ish gallery us

Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-20 Thread Ted Drake
Here are a couple posts on using ARIA with YUI. This information could also go towards jquery. * http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/07/30/tabview-aria/ * http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/10/02/yui-aria/ http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2009/08/03/aria-made-easier-with-yui-3/ * http://yuiblog.

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-20 Thread Steve Green
Steve Green Director Test Partners Ltd From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of James Grant Sent: 20 January 2011 12:14 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes Hi WSG'ers

[WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-20 Thread James Grant
Hi WSG'ers, Does anybody have any experience with creating accessible modal windows, aka lightboxes? While I have seen some great lightbox experiments that do allow keyboard control, I haven't been able to find any that will trigger a screen reader to actually read the content within. My pr