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

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Green
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 if JavaScript is turned off, and I can't think of any other

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 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 |

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Green
That would do no harm, but I don't think it would be much benefit either. This site is about a year old, and we took the view that ARIA was not sufficiently well supported to be worth using. More importantly, users typically have no idea what it is when they encounter it, so it will be years

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 if