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Modal Dialog Focus Management Issue on Squarespace

Modal dialogs do not trap focus or return focus to the trigger element when closed. This causes keyboard users to lose their place on the page.

Issue ID: A11Y-MODAL-FOCUS-001Severity: majorEffort: M

Why this matters

Modal dialogs do not trap focus or return focus to the trigger element when closed. This causes keyboard users to lose their place on the page. This affects usability, compliance risk, and how many visitors can successfully consume the page.

Squarespace fix path

How to fix this on Squarespace

Check page settings, navigation, and code injection.

  1. 1Identify whether this is page-level or site-level.
  2. 2Apply the fix.
  3. 3Republish and confirm.

After you fix it

  • ✓Open and close modals using only the keyboard and confirm focus management is correct

Same fix, other platforms

Fix modal dialog focus management issue on a different CMS

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