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

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From: Katie Haritos-Shea
Date: Sep 26, 2020 1:45PM

I've always liked how you think Birkir!

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 11:01 AM Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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