I've just found this. http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/26173/what-is-best-practice-for-designing-form-error-messages Which might hold what I'm looking for. There's also http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/notifications/, it's just not focused on best methods for small screens. All the best Alistair On 22 Dec 2015, at 17:00, Alistair Garrison wrote: > I cannot use aria. The range of devices popularly supported when making mobile apps rules it out. No red herrings - I've been very clear from my first message asking for "old school" success story solutions. > > Alistair > > On 22 Dec 2015, at 16:45, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > >> On 22/12/2015 16:34, Alistair Garrison wrote: >>> Thanks for the suggestion. It's really the where and how to present the >>> error message that I suppose I'm searching for - be it: >> >> So your dismissal of aria-describedby earlier in the thread is a red herring then, as that attribute can be used to tie the error message programmatically to the form control - it's orthogonal to where/how to present the message (as it's not a hidden attribute or anything, like aria-label)... >> >> P >> -- >> Patrick H. Lauke >> >> www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke >> http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com >> twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke >
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