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 **Accessibility**
 
 - When the tooltips components (`EuiTooltip`, `EuiIconTip`) are used inside components that handle the Escape key (like `EuiFlyout` or `EuiModal`), pressing the Escape key will now only close the tooltip and not the entire wrapping component.
+- In `EuiModal` the close button is now placed **after** the header, in the DOM, for correctness in reading order.