# Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You've Found is Wrong

DevFeed: [Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You've Found is Wrong](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/blocked-aria-hidden-the-warning-is-right-and-every-fix-you-ve-found-is-wrong-4257.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://css-tricks.com/blocked-aria-hidden-fix/>)

Author: Durgesh Rajubhai Pawar

Published: 2026-08-12T13:43:56Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CSS-Tricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/css-tricks.md>)

Topics: [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [aria](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aria.md>), [articles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/articles.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [dialog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dialog.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on correctly resolving blocked `aria-hidden` warnings when closing dialogs: move focus out of the region before making it hidden or inert.

## Source excerpt

The warning is correct. And the recommended fixes you've probably seen are wrong. Here's what you can do instead to properly fix the issue. Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You've Found is Wrong originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.