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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: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Sep 10, 2014 5:02PM

My conclusion after some thought is that this is not a WCAG violation.
We always assme that users, be they users of assistive technology or
not, understand the patterns of interaction with the web (i.e. that
you use the spacebar to check radiobuttons).
And I do not see a way to call this under 2.1.1 (the element is
keyboard accessible), or 3.2.2 (as jOnathan pointed out, the user
initiates this action).
See also: http://tjvantoll.com/2013/01/01/enter-should-submit-forms-stop-messing-with-that/
I do not necessarily think that screen readers are as bothered by
people not using the form element as the author claims, they are
pretty smart applications and know to work around that, but this
article has at leat led me to the initial decisiontaht this is not an
accessibility violation.
I can be convinced otherwise if necessary.
Cheers
-Birkir



On 9/10/14, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Suzie
>
> I am not sure, this happens with keyboard only (not with a screen
> reader, at least not consistently).
> It is impossible to see the state of the radiobutton when the form is
> submitted.
> I believe it gets checked but fro the client side I cannot be 100% certain.
>
>
> On 9/10/14, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Birkir,
>>
>> Should I understand from this that the radio button is being checked and
>> then the form is submitted?
>>
>> Susie Stanzel
>>
>>