| Title | Mandatory text input field without error correction |
|---|---|
| Description | Document containing three mandatory text input fields. The first two fields (first name, last name) are already filled and set to read-only. The user is asked to fill the third field (customer code). If the user submits and no text is entered, no error is identified and presented. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Daniela.Ortner@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-08-29 |
| Status | accepted QA |
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: input
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: The INPUT element .
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 identified and described 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 presented test file also in this respect. Beyond this it should be mentioned that in order to ensure accessibility of a form offered on a website, it might be necessary to validate the design also 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 19, column 9: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#minimize-error-identified.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 19, column 73: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is not specified.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 19, column 9: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#minimize-error-identified.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 19, column 73: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#minimize-error-identified.
After submission, the error is not specified.