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Re: understanding 3.3.1 through question

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From: glen walker
Date: May 15, 2020 3:41PM

You might need to back up a phrase in the success criteria. 3.3.1 says,
"If an input error is automatically detected..."

So it's talking about input errors, not bad URL references. So if you fill
in a form with errors and submit, any errors detected need to be described
in text. You can't just outline the fields in error in red.

If you have a bad link on your page, causing a 404 error, that's just a
functional problem with your link. It doesn't fall under WCAG.

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 3:37 PM Tyler Shepard < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I came across 3.3.1 and have a question about it. The guideline says if an
> eror is detected it will be declared to the user in text. My question is,
> when it says eror 404 the page cannot be found does this pass the test?
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