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Re: Visual question about inline error handling

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Jan 27, 2013 1:21AM

Thanks, that helps a lot :)

I'll add this to the design.

All the best,
Bryan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Green" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Visual question about inline error handling


> My preference is for validation to be done when fields lose focus rather
> than validating after each keystroke, because I find the appearance and
> disappearance of error messages distracting. In the case of email
> addresses with domains such as gsi.gov.uk the error message can appear and
> disappear several times. This is bad enough visually, but it results in an
> even worse experience for screen reader users because in every
> implementation I have seen the error message interrupts the announcement
> of the characters that are being typed. This can easily cause typing
> errors that would not have occurred otherwise.
>
> Regardless of whether you validate after each keystroke or after fields
> lose focus, I would expect error messages to remain after fields lose
> focus. I would not expect error messages to be present before fields
> receive focus - I know at least one site that does this and it confuses
> and annoys me.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>