Aria-modal NPM

aria-modal

Accessible modal with Web Components

About

aria-modal that is a fully accessible is built according to WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices. And it provide the only simple features. It makes be easy to implement accessible modal. If you use polyfill, you can use @webcomponents/webcomponentsjs.

Features

Focus is moved to first-focus element. Tab and Shift+Tab keys will cycle through the modal's focusable nodes.
ESC key closes the modal.
Scrolling is frozen on the document.body.
When the modal closes, focus returns to the element that was focused before the modal are shown.
The dialog element has an ARIA role of dialog by default(You can change role).
The dialog element must has either aria-label or aria-labelledby.
If clicking the backdrop, the modal is closed.
If animation property is true, the modal can use the fade-in(out) animation.

DEMO

https://keiya01.github.io/aria-modal-doc/top/

Install

Using npm:

$ npm install aria-modal

Usage

import 'aria-modal';

/**
 * do something
*/

Append Your Modal

You can append your modal inside aria-modal with slot. If you use slot, you can use accessible feature for modal.
Please see following example.

<aria-modal
  app="app"
  first-focus="button"
  animation="true"
  active="active"
>
  <div id="node" slot="modal" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="title">
    <!-- ... -->
    <button id="button"></button>
  </div>
</aria-modal>

If you use custom element, see the following code.

<aria-modal
  app="app"
  active="active"
  animation="true"
>
  <!-- 
    <simple-modal> must be contained `firstFocus` function that return HTMLElement.
    And You must set role and aria-* attributes to your modal.
  -->
  <simple-modal slot="modal"></simple-modal>
</aria-modal>

Style

Using css variables, you can apply your style to <aria-modal>.

aria-modal {
  --backdrop-display: block; /* or flex, inline-block, etc... */
  --backdrop-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); /* background-color for backdrop */
  --backdrop-position: fixed; /* or fixed */
  --backdrop-z-index: none;
  --animation-function: linear;
  --animation-duration: 300ms;
  /* required, if fade property is false */
  --animation-delay: none;
}

Tips

If you want to set your modal to center, you can use margin: auto; and flexbox property.

aria-modal {
  --backdrop-display: flex;
  /* ... */
}

.your-modal {
  margin: auto;
  height: 300px;
  width: 500px;
  background-color: #fff;
}

Props

open

Required: false, Type: boolean, Default: false

It is used to show modal. You can set true if you want to open modal.

first-focus

Required: true, Type: string or function firstFocus(): HTMLElement

It is used to focus to first element when modal is opened. You should assign id name.

If first-focus element is a custom element or inside a custom element, You must implement firstFocus method to your slotted element. That is, slotted element must be custom element if first-focus element is custom element.

class SampleModal extends HTMLElement {
  get template() {
    const template = document.createElement('template');
    template.innerHTML = `
      <div>
        <button id="first-element">Button</button>
      </div>
    `;
  }
  
  constructor() {
    super();

    const shadowRoot = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
    shadowRoot.appendChild(this.template.content.cloneNode(true));
  }

  /**
   * Do something
  */

 // You must implement `firstFocus()`, if you use custom element.
 firstFocus() {
   return this.shadowRoot.getElementById('first-element');
 }
}

app

Required: true, Type: string

It is used to set aria-hidden to your app element. You should set main contents id name.

Notice: Don't contain aria-modal inside main contents. If you contain aria-modal to your main contents, screen readers can not find aria-modal.

animation

Required: false, Type: boolean, Default: false

If true, you can use animation. aria-modal run fade animation by default. If you want to use custom animation, you can use active and hide properties.

fade

Required: false, Type: boolean, Default: true

If false, default fade animation is disabled.

active

Required: false, Type: string

active is class name that is added when open props is changed to true.

hide

Required: false, Type: string

hide is class name that is added when open props is changed to false.

disabled

Required: false, Type: boolean

If true, disable clicking on the backdrop.

aria-label or aria-labelledby

Required: true, Type: string

You must include aria-label or aria-labelledby property to your modal.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/ARIA_Techniques/Using_the_aria-labelledby_attribute

aria-describedby

Required: false, Type: string

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/ARIA_Techniques/Using_the_aria-describedby_attribute

role

Required: true, Type: string

You must include role property to your modal.
Assignable value is dialog or alertdialog. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles

aria-modal

Required: false, Type: boolean, Default: false

This property is some problems, see this article https://developer.paciellogroup.com/blog/2018/06/the-current-state-of-modal-dialog-accessibility/
And if you want to know about aria-modal, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/dialog_role

Warning

If the active class is not set to aria-modal, it may flicker when reloaded on browser. When you set active class, you should set your modal to display: none; and you should set your active class to display: block; /* or flex, inline-block, etc... */.
This problem is occurred by rendering process for Web Components. Your modal is assigned to slot element in aria-modal, and slot is rendered after JavaScript file(and Web Components) have loaded. That is, this problem is occurred by your modal is rendered without your modal is assigned to slot.