Re: Error Handling Best Practice?

aria-describedby works today... it works well....
I support an <error> element. But it will still need an id that will be
referred to by the corresponding input... so it will be no easier than
described by.

David & Kirsten MacDonald




On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:18 AM, Alistair Garrison <
alistair.j.garrison@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> The discussion around future methods of error handling has been really
> interesting.
>
> I'm still left wondering, however, about way more supported, solid HTML +
> JavaScript methods - and success stories of solutions within a small screen
> environment.
>
> For real-world developers still having to support browsers that don't
> support aria this is a major problem which needs a clear solution, and for
> users a level of consistency to error handling on a small screen would be
> welcomed - to my mind, in the form of a mobile technique.
>
> All the best
>
> Alistair
>
> On 22 Dec 2015, at 08:12, Michiel Bijl wrote:
>
> There is a discussion going on over at GitHub
> <https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/128#issuecomment-166383811>. Sailesh
> Panchang expressed doubts as to whether we really need aria-errormessage,
> saying we can do the same thing with aria-describedby. Following that we discussed
> the subject a bit more on a11ySlackers
> <https://gitter.im/w3c/a11ySlackers?at=56783de1091b6f9e043a1294>. And
> came up with a couple of different ways/elements:
>
>
>    - An <error> element
>    - An error role (would be the same as the <error> element)
>    - Use <output> to define the error. Status of the input should
>    indicate whether output contains an error.
>
>
> Any thoughts on these?
>
> —Michiel
>
> On 22 Dec 2015, at 03:55, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> error messages should be associated with the error field via
> aria-describedby
>
> David & Kirsten MacDonald
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Balusani, Shirisha <sirib@uillinois.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> The best way would be inline error or displaying error links on the top
>> of the page . If errors are displayed on the top of the page (after
>> selecting the submit/ save button), the focus should be taken to the first
>> error in the list.
>> When user selects a error link, the focus should be shifted to the
>> respective field( where error occurred).
>> Thanks
>> Siri
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ajaysharma89003@gmail.com [mailto:ajaysharma89003@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 7:42 AM
>> To: Michiel Bijl <michiel@agosto.nl>
>> Cc: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>; Patrick H. Lauke <
>> redux@splintered.co.uk>; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: Error Handling Best Practice?
>>
>>
>> Hi Michiel, by message I meant message in javascript alert dialog box,
>> alert(), please forgive me for being unclear.
>>
>> Ajay
>>
>>
>> > On 18 Dec 2015, at 07:32, ajaysharma89003@gmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi there, I am just curious to have your comments on isn't using
>> javascript to display error message and taking focus to error causing field
>> after closing the message is a good way to assist the user to correct the
>> error?
>> >
>> >
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