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Re: Error prevention on required fields

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Jul 10, 2019 9:58AM

If the sole purpose of the Save button is to save the current state of the form so a user can complete it later, I don't think any of the WCAG success criteria related to error prevention or providing error information would apply. So that aspect of the UI should be fine as it relates to errors.
Thanks,
Tim
Tim Harshbarger
Senior Accessibility Consultant
Deque Systems
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Subject: [WebAIM] Error prevention on required fields

Hello,
There is a long form with more than 100 required fields in multiple sections of single page. Each section has ‘Save' button. The form might not finish in single sitting. When I save each section without entering required fields, error message doesn't occurr but error message published on the page when hit ‘Save and Submit' button which is OK. Can I expect error or warning message to meet the error prevention WCAG requirement when I save each section with empty required fields?
Thank you,Dinesh