RhianaH
Rhiana is a front end developer specialising in making web sites and applications accessible for people with disabilities. Combining her background in educational psychology and a love of computers.
Alert!
Cancel
OK
ToolTip
<div class="modal"
role="dialog">
...
</div>
<div class="modal"
role="dialog" >
...
</div>
role="dialog"
<div class="modal"
role="dialog">
<div class="modal-dialog"
role="document">
...
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal"
role="dialog">
<div class="modal-dialog"
role="document" >
...
</div>
</div>
role="document"
<span aria-hidden="false"
style="display:none;">
opens dialog
</span>
<span aria-hidden="false"
style="display:none;">
opens dialog
</span>
aria-hidden="false"
style="display:none;"
.sr-only {
clip: rect(0,0,0,0);
position: absolute;
width: 1px;
height: 1px;
overflow: hidden;
border: 0;
padding: 0;
margin: -1px;
}
Opens Dialog
<div class="modal"
aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" ...>
...
<h1 id="myModalLabel">Modal</h1>
<a class="modalCloseButton"
href="javascript:void(0)"
data-dismiss="modal"
aria-label="close"
title="Close information window"
tabindex="2"
>
...
</div>
<div class="modal"
aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" ...>
...
<h1 id="myModalLabel" >Modal</h1>
<a class="modalCloseButton"
href="javascript:void(0)"
data-dismiss="modal"
aria-label="close"
title="Close information window"
tabindex="2"
>
...
</div>
aria-labelledby="myModalLabel"
id="myModalLabel"
<div class="modal"
aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" ...>
...
<h1 id="myModalLabel" >Modal</h1>
<a class="modalCloseButton"
href="javascript:void(0)"
data-dismiss="modal"
aria-label="close"
title="Close information window"
tabindex="2"
>
...
</div>
aria-label="close"
function showModal($modelID) {
$modelID.modal();
$modelID.on('shown.bs.modal', function (e) {
$(".start_dialog").focus();
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'true');
});
}
function hideModal($modelObj, $re) {
$modelObj.on('hidden.bs.modal', function (e) {
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'false');
});
$re.focus();
}
function showModal ($modelID) {
$modelID.modal();
$modelID.on('shown.bs.modal', function (e) {
$(".start_dialog").focus();
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'true');
});
}
function hideModal($modelObj, $re) {
$modelObj.on('hidden.bs.modal', function (e) {
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'false');
});
$re.focus();
}
showModal
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'true');
function showModal($modelID) {
$modelID.modal();
$modelID.on('shown.bs.modal', function (e) {
$(".start_dialog").focus();
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'true');
});
}
function hideModal ($modelObj, $re) {
$modelObj.on('hidden.bs.modal', function (e) {
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'false');
});
$re.focus();
}
$('body').attr('aria-hidden', 'false');
hideModal
Start of Dialog
End of Dialog
esc to close
<span class="start_dialog sr-only" tabindex="1">
Start of dialog
</span>
...
<a class="modalCloseButton"
href="javascript:void(0)"
data-dismiss="modal"
aria-label="close"
title="Close information window"
tabindex="2"
>
...
<span class="sr-only" tabindex="3">
End of dialog
</span>
<span class="start_dialog sr-only" tabindex="1" >
Start of dialog
</span>
...
<a class="modalCloseButton"
href="javascript:void(0)"
data-dismiss="modal"
aria-label="close"
title="Close information window"
tabindex="2"
>
...
<span class="sr-only" tabindex="3" >
End of dialog
</span>
tabindex="1"
tabindex="2"
tabindex="3"
By RhianaH
Looking into the complications of making a modal or pop-up accessible for people with disabilities
Rhiana is a front end developer specialising in making web sites and applications accessible for people with disabilities. Combining her background in educational psychology and a love of computers.