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Re: Focus order vs Error message

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Oct 23, 2021 2:58PM

Well, I can't answer your first question, but the output element does have a default role of "status" which means it will be a live region with value of value of polite and an implicit .
For divs with role = status the ARIA documentation recommends using a aria-controls be set to make an explicit connection. The output element does automatically create a relationship with a form, but I expect a more explicit relationship with a input element would be required.
https://w3c.github.io/aria/#status
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/output


Jonathan
Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Oct 23, 2021, at 16:20, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
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> Would you ever use the Output element as the container for error messages? I have experimented with the 3 main Windows browsers and Safari on iOS. They all seem to use this as a live region.
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> Jeff Gutsell
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