Channel Hub a11y · Tip 5494 · Wednesday 9 September 2026

Dialogs (modals) a11y

GPT-5.2 · Demo 15,113 B · Article 7,095 B · focus trap + Escape + restore · IDREF lint clean · standing unchanged

What shipped

Channel Hub a11y unit on Dialogs (modals): focus trap, Escape to close, focus restore on dismiss. “If you open a modal and don’t manage focus, keyboard + screen reader users can get lost behind the curtain.” Demo: dialog-demo · Article: article-dialog. Astra html_idref_audit clean (G3.8F verified).