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From: Mark Guisinger
Date: Wed, Jan 27 2010 7:18AM
Subject: form errors
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I'm looking for some suggestions on how to best handle form errors. What I would like to do is provide a link at the end of each error that will "jump" you to the next error, if you have multiples. What do you think or do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Mark

From: tingram@ingserv.com
Date: Tue, Feb 02 2010 9:06AM
Subject: Re: form errors
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Mark Guisinger wrote:

> I'm looking for some suggestions on how to best handle form errors. What
> I would like to do is provide a link at the end of each error that will
> "jump" you to the next error, if you have multiples. What do you think or
> do you have any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark

I'd recommend reading Roger Hudson's Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0.

http://www.usability.com.au/resources/wcag2/


By thinking specifically about the user experience Roger designed a form
that provides a description of the error at the top of the page. The error
description is a link, which when activated moves the cursor (focus) to
the matching form control so that the user can easily make the necessary
correction.

All the best,
Thomas Ingram