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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 2, 2018

Improvements to TRIRIGA popups for Chrome and Firefox

Current issues with Tririga pop-ups in Chrome and Firefox:
1) They are not modal, user should not be able to engage with the content underneath the modal window.
2) Sometimes the entire popup is not visible (nested popups), text is cut off
3) Return focus to the element that activated the modal when the modal is closed using the ESC key or close button. The focus should be moved back to whichever element opened the dialog
4) Put a shadow or a transparent overlay behind it, users need to recognize that it's a secondary window overlaid on the main one. It is unclear which content is blocked from interaction.
5) Keyboard focus can be moved out of the window, this cause confusion and it's difficult to get the focus back into the popup. Trap the forward tab key to redirect it to the first element of the popup.

The below links describe the best practices for popup windows.

https://uxplanet.org/best-practices-for-modals-overlays-dialog-windows-c00c66cddd8c
https://www.marcozehe.de/2015/02/05/advanced-aria-tip-2-accessible-modal-dialogs/
http://www.uxforthemasses.com/overlays/
http://uxmovement.com/forms/best-practices-for-modal-windows/

Demos of an accessible modal window (with JavaScript & CSS) can be found here:
https://codepen.io/scottohara/pen/lIdfv
http://examples.simplyaccessible.com/modal.js/

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Aug 5, 2020

    Thank you for submitting your enhancement request. We think this is a good idea and will target this for inclusion in a future release.

  • Guest
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    Feb 2, 2018

    Attachment (Description): Please see the current popup issues in Chrome