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Modal Dialog Pattern: Clarify First Note in States and Properties Subsection
Per feedback from @a11ydoer in issue #325, changed: > Because marking a dialog modal by setting aria-modal > to true can prevent users of some assistive technologies from perceiving content outside the dialog, > users of those technologies will experience severe negative ramifications if a dialog is marked modal but is not modal for other users. To: > Because marking a dialog modal by setting aria-modal > to true can prevent users of some assistive technologies from perceiving content outside the dialog, > users of those technologies will experience severe negative ramifications if a dialog is marked modal but does not behave as a modal for other users.
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Because marking a dialog modal by setting
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<a href="#aria-modal" class="property-reference">aria-modal</a>
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to <code>true</code> can prevent users of some assistive technologies from perceiving content outside the dialog,
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users of those technologies will experience severe negative ramifications if a dialog is marked modal but is not modal for other users.
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users of those technologies will experience severe negative ramifications if a dialog is marked modal but does not behave as a modal for other users.
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So, mark a dialog modal <strong>only when:</strong>
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<ol>
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<li>Application code prevents all users from interacting in any way with content outside of it.</li>

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