| Title | Mandatory list box without error correction |
|---|---|
| Description | Document containing two mandatory text input fields (first name, last name) that are already filled and set to read-only. In addition, it contains one list box with mandatory selection. If the user submits and nothing is selected, no error is identified and presented to the user in text. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Reinhard.Ruemer@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2004-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-08-29 |
| Status | validated |
Technologies are markup languages or data formats. If the technology is a markup language, “features” refers to elements and attributes.
XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)
Feature: select
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: The SELECT, OPTGROUP, and OPTION elements .
Feature: label
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: The LABEL element .
The document is intended to fail, because the input error is not specified and presented to the user in text.
For the design of accessible forms it is particularly important to verify appropriateness with assistive technologies like screen readers and ensure proper navigation for users who can access the form by keyboard only. Therefore the expert user is advised to evaluate the form also in this respect. Beyond this it should be mentioned that in order to ensure accessibility of a form presented on a website, it might be necessary to validate the design by the target user group.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 15, column 4: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#minimize-error-identified.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 16, column 4: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is not specified.
This test case maps to technique G83: Providing text descriptions to identify required fields that were not completed
This test case maps to technique G85: Providing a text description when user input falls outside the required format or values
This test case maps to technique G139: Creating a mechanism that allows users to jump to errors
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 19, column 8: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#minimize-error-identified.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 20, column 8: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is not specified.
Online version: sc2.5.1_l1_007.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 19, column 8: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#minimize-error-identified.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 20, column 8: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is not specified.