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From: Mike Warner
Date: Aug 8, 2023 11:48AM

While I wasn't specifically testing for AAA, I was looking at it from the
point of a low-vision user. With my tired eyes and no glasses (for the
test), the only clue that I could readily see that I was on the form field
(if I wasn't looking at the form already) was the LastPass icon in the
field. I had the team increase the black box shadow to 3px to make the
white border stand out more from the white text fields. That feels a lot
better.


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> >Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 13:31:44 -0600
> >From: glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >Subject: Re: [WebAIM] form field focus indicator question
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> >The Understanding section of 1.4.11 talks a little about this, in
> >particular figure 3,
> >
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/non-text-contrast.html#figure-text-box-dark-bg-light-border
> ,
> >but it's the opposite of what you're looking for. It explains why your
> >situation is allowed and not a failure.
> >
> >You mentioned 1.4.13. Are you testing for AAA conformance?
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 1:03 PM Mike Warner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> for some forms with green, blue, purple, etc, background colors, a
> >> developer has added a 2px white focus indicator that's offset by a 2px
> >> black field border (that also only appears on focus). To my eyes, the
> >> white focus indicator does not stand out enough from the white color of
> the
> >> actual form field, even when the white indicator is offset by 2px. WCAG
> >> 2.4.13 requires a 2px indicator that has a contrast of 3:1 to the
> >> pickles that it replaces on focus. It does not talk about the issue
> that
> >> I'm working with. Does anyone have a WCAG rule or personal anecdote
> that
> >> would cover a white indicator offset from a white field? Trying to have
> >> something more substantial to support my reasons for rejecting that
> idea.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Mike Warner
> >> Director of IT Services
> >> MindEdge Learning
>