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Re: Whether or not to disableformsubmitbutton

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From: Hill, Barry (Accessibility Tester)
Date: Dec 19, 2023 9:31AM

The particular case I'm looking at has five options that can be selected as check boxes, from one to five of them depending on user choice. Then there is that submit button to action the selections. Apparently, we cannot use in-line validation for the check boxes. Should this still be an enabled submit button using the subsequently generated error message to explain the error, or can we use Aria describedby to explain why the submit button is disabled? If there is another solution for this simple form, I'd be only too pleased to hear it.

Cheers

Barry