[whatwg] new tag and possible new aria role

[Johannes Spangenberg]

There is another problem with Modals on webpages. When there is a modal 
created through HTML and CSS, the user can still select items in the 
background by pressing tab. It seems that there is no good solution to 
prevent it.


Am 12.11.2017 um 09:59 schrieb Michael A. Peters:
> Thank you! That does seem like it is exactly what I need.
>
> On 11/12/2017 12:11 AM, Yay295 wrote:
>> I think the alertdialog role fits here.
>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/ARIA_Techniques/Using_the_alertdialog_role 
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 1:03 AM, Michael A. Peters 
>> <mpeters at domblogger.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On webites that either are age restricted and/or have content that 
>>> may be
>>> offensive to some people, often (but not as often as I'd like) there 
>>> is a
>>> warning splashscreen that the server puts in the page if the user 
>>> has not
>>> already agreed to see such content.
>>>
>>> One way to do this is with a div that has absolute positioning and a
>>> z-index that covers the content until the user clicks enter or 
>>> whatever,
>>> then it does an ajax call to lett the server the user has verified they
>>> want to see the content and removes the div.
>>>
>>> I would suggest a tagName "splashscreen" for this purpose. It would 
>>> have
>>> the same properties as a div only it would have semantic meaning so 
>>> that
>>> people using screen readers would know it is important.
>>>
>>> An aria landmark of splashscreen would also properly distinguish it 
>>> from
>>> complementary which is what I currently use for it (I would use 
>>> banner but
>>> only one banner landmark per page is allowed).
>>>
>>> Just a thought, I won't defend the thought but if it seems 
>>> reasonable to
>>> the powers that be, I think it is worth it.
>>>
>>> These splash screens do serve a different purpose than any other 
>>> semantic
>>> tag.
>>>
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