[html5] Best tag for modal window DOM element

[Guille Paz]

Hi,

The dialog element is in draft:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/commands.html#the-dialog-element

But, you can use any tag with ARIA:
<article role="dialog"></article>

Slds,

Guille Paz
http://pazguille.me


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Stefano Gargiulo wrote:
> >
> > What is the best html5 tag to describe a modal floating window, eg. a
> > floating login mask over the page?
> >
> > <aside> ?
> > <section> ?
>
> <dialog>, but it's not yet widely implemented.
>
> In the meantime, probably <article> or <section> or <aside>, depending on
> exactly how the login window is set up: <article> if it would make sense
> if it was on its own page, <aside> if it's the spiritual equivalent of a
> sidebar login form (probably not if it's modal), <section> otherwise.
>
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