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Success Criterion 3.3.1: Error Identification

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Jun 18, 2019 9:35AM

3.3.1 states that "If an input error is automatically detected, the item that is in error is identified and the error is described to the user in text. "

The Understanding document for 3.3.1 states that "re-displaying the form and indicating the fields in error is insufficient for some users to perceive that an error has occurred."

G83 states that "Another approach, using server-side validation, is to re-display the form (including any previously entered data), with ... a text description that identifies the omitted mandatory fields". That's pretty vague.

There's a note about best practices to include a message or alert, etc. but that is not part of the Technique.

Does that mean that simply re-displaying the form and indicating the fields in error is a failure of 3.3.1? It's a bad user experience, and it seems to violate the intent of 3.3.1, but not necessarily 3.3.1 itself?


Joseph