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Re: edit field max length
From: Steve Green
Date: Feb 18, 2020 5:35PM
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I don't believe there is anything in WCAG that requires the author to generate a notification. The maximum length is conveyed programmatically as long as you use the "maxlength" attribute (as opposed to JavaScript), so it's the user agent's responsibility to generate a notification if one is needed.
Steve Green
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Test Partners Ltd
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Subject: [WebAIM] edit field max length
Hi,
I was having a discussion with a colleague about this and we didn't have a good answer.
Suppose there is an edit field in a web form. The field has a maximum length of 20.
Should there be some indication that the user has reached the maximum length, or that at least there is a maximum length?
If some indication should be provided, what is the best mechanism for the nnotification, and which WCAG 2.1 criteria does it reference?
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