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Re: "Error feedback MUST be programmatically-associated with the appropriate element"

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Sep 26, 2020 9:01AM

Welcome to WCAG interpretation gymnastics. ;)


On 9/26/20, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> On 26/09/2020 15:35, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
>> On 26/09/2020 03:26, Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:
>
>>> "The identification and description of an error can be combined with
>>> programmatic information that user agents or assistive technologies
>>> can use to identify an error and provide error information to the
>>> user [...]"
>>
>> But of course, that part isn't normative, and it's more a
>> suggestion/best practice of what *can* be done.
>>
>> So it still feels like for normative fail, 1.3.1 is the best bet.
>
> And to close that additional loop, providing/not providing aria-invalid
> would fall under 4.1.2 as it's a state.
>
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