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
Yes, here's one we worked on - http://htmltools.moneymadeclear.org.uk/mortgage-calculator/index.aspx The problem with most lightboxes is that the position of the focus is not controlled correctly. Typically the user has to tab through all the page content to get to the lightbox content because it