[FLEX-27793] Modal popup do not behave in a modal fashion

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 4.1 (Release)
• Fix Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: PopUp Manager
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Browser: Internet Explorer 8.x; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 06/Jul/11 02:18
• Updated: 15/Nov/11 16:12
• Resolved: 01/Sep/11 10:22

Description

Configuration:

• Flex 4.1
• Flash player 10
• IE8
• JAWS 12

When you create a popup with PopUpManager.createPopUP() or PopUpManager.addPopUp() and specify that the popup should be modal; the behavior is not modal for screen reader users. I expect that I should only have access to the popup window and its child components via JAWS but I can use the virtual PC cursor to roam all over the application and its child components.

Actual Results:
JAWS / Screen reader user can use the virtual PC cursor to roam all over the application and its child components.

Expected Results:
I should only have access to the popup window and its child components via JAWS.

Workaround (if any):

Note that the Alert seems to behave correctly in this regard. I looked at the source for Alert.as and AlertAccImpl.as and essentially the code is making the application and other containers/children silent and then translating that info to the MSAA client. If this can be replicated in PopUpManager for Modal popups then this issue can be fixed.