Re: F9 also relates to SC 3.2.2 On Input, not just 3.2.5 (Change on Request)

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:32 AM, <noreply@w3.org> wrote:

>
> Name: Detlev Fischer
> Email: fischer@dias.de
> Affiliation: DIASGmbH
> Document: TD
> Item Number: F9
> Part of Item: Applicability
> Comment Type: general comment
> Summary of Issue: F9 also relates to SC 3.2.2 On Input, not just 3.2.5
> (Change on Request)
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> The behaviour described in F9 - changing context suich as opening new
> windows or submitting the form - also seems to apply to the requirements of
> SC 3.2.2 "On Input".
> The behaviour described: "removing focus from a form element, such as by
> moving to the next element, causes a change of context" is arguably even
> more disrupting than the more specific Failure F36: "Failure of Success
> Criterion 3.2.2 due to automatically submitting a form and presenting new
> content without prior warning when the last field in the form is given a
> value" - in the latter, the form might at least have been completed.
>
> Proposed Change:
> Extend applicability of F9 to SC 3.2.2 On Input AND SC 3.2.5 Change of
> Request
>
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Response from the Working Group
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As written, this failure does not apply to 3.2.2, since changing focus is
not an input action.


Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group