# Nested dialog focus return survey

Understand focus recovery when a child dialog and its parent close in separate steps.

If nothing was unclear or difficult, say so. Skip questions about steps you did not experience; use not applicable where appropriate.

## 1. After closing a child dialog, which control in its still-open parent did you expect to receive focus?

Answer: ____________________

## 2. What happened to keyboard navigation after you closed the parent dialog as well?

Answer: ____________________

## 3. Which step lost the trigger control because it had been removed or replaced?

Answer: ____________________

## Author notes / illustrative keys where applicable

1. Record the intended return point inside the parent and the observed destination. This separates recovery from a child dialog from the later return to the main page.
2. Trace the second closure independently: readers may recover correctly inside the parent but lose their place when it closes. Keep the two transitions distinct in the investigation.
3. Identify a removed or replaced trigger so the interface team can investigate an explicit fallback destination. Do not assume focus can return to an element that no longer exists.

Interpretation caution: Ask about the specific dialog sequence and accept not applicable. User feedback does not replace keyboard testing or certify accessibility compliance.


## Illustrative finding and follow-up

Observation: In a synthetic nested-dialog flow, closing a child returns focus to its parent correctly, but closing the parent leaves no visible focus because its original trigger was replaced.

Action to test: Define separate return targets for the two closures and an explicit fallback when the original trigger no longer exists; verify the sequence with keyboard testing.

Follow-up: After the change, ask users to describe focus after each closure, including the replaced-trigger case. Record failures separately for child and parent transitions; a successful survey response is not an accessibility certification.