Re: Error Handling Best Practice?

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:
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> error messages should be associated with the error field via aria-describedby
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> David & Kirsten MacDonald
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> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Balusani, Shirisha <sirib@uillinois.edu <mailto: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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ajaysharma89003@gmail.com <mailto:ajaysharma89003@gmail.com> [mailto:ajaysharma89003@gmail.com <mailto:ajaysharma89003@gmail.com>]
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 7:42 AM
> To: Michiel Bijl <michiel@agosto.nl <mailto:michiel@agosto.nl>>
> Cc: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com <mailto:jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>>; Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk <mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk>>; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <mailto:w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Error Handling Best Practice?
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> Hi Michiel, by message I meant message in javascript alert dialog box, alert(), please forgive me for being unclear.
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> Ajay
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> > On 18 Dec 2015, at 07:32, ajaysharma89003@gmail.com <mailto:ajaysharma89003@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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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