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The current state of modal dialog accessibility

Scott Ohara | June 29, 2018 | Development

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Modal dialogs continue to be troublesome UI components all across the web. Putting aside the fact they are often misused and thrust on users in a manner that interrupts their current task (asking me to sign up for your newsletter, while I’m in the middle of reading an article, is not cool), even appropriately used modals often lack considerations for accessibility.

While poor modal dialog UX is still common, that’s not to say there haven’t been strides to make these experiences better. Performing a search for “accessible modal dialog”, you’ll find many developers (myself included) have been writing about and releasing production-ready custom dialog scripts, and awareness of the dialog element has been growing. But to truly get a handle on the current state of modal dialog accessibility, one should be aware of the current issues [...]

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