| Title | Mandatory textarea field with error detection |
|---|---|
| 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 textarea field with mandatory input. If the user submits and no text is entered, the error is identified and described to the user in text (server side detection). |
| 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: textarea
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: The TEXTAREA element .
Feature: label
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: The LABEL element .
The document is intended to pass, because the input error is 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 passes (line 16, column 5) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#minimize-error-identified.
The test case passes (line 17, column 5) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is 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 passes (line 29, column 9) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#minimize-error-identified.
The test case passes (line 30, column 9) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is specified.
Online version: sc2.5.1_l1_012.
The test case passes (line 29, column 9) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#minimize-error-identified.
The test case passes (line 30, column 9) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is specified.