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Re: Would pressing enter on a radiobutton in a <form > with onsubmit event be called under 3.2.2 ?

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From: Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Date: Sep 10, 2014 3:09PM

Birkir,

Should I understand from this that the radio button is being checked and then the form is submitted?

Susie Stanzel

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 3:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Would pressing enter on a radiobutton in a <form > with onsubmit event be called under 3.2.2 ?

Oh cool, I will go and find that particular phrase.
I want to be sure I have a consistent approach to these types of things going forward, and make the right decision.
Thanks
-Birkir


On 9/10/14, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> User errors are still considered user initiated. I know the user agent
> accessibility guidelines specifically call similar scenarios out.
>
> Jonathan
>
>> On Sep 10, 2014, at 4:51 PM, "Birkir R. Gunnarsson"
>> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>> Greetings everyone!
>>
>> In keyboard only testing I realized that if you press enter on a
>> radiobutton in a form with a submit button and onsubmit attribute
>> triggers the submition of that form.
>> radiobuttons should only be checked using the spacebar key but it is
>> quite likely that some users may try to check radiobuttons using the
>> enter key.
>>
>> Would this be a violation of 3.2.2 (on input), or just expected
>> browser behavior?
>> I tested in Firefox and IE, same result.
>> Cheers
>> -B
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