Re: Disabled form fields

On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:42:14 +0100, Subramanian, Poornima (PCL)  
<psubramanian@hagroup.com> wrote:

>
> From the WCAG SC 1.4.3 below, the scenario (highlighted text) given  
> under exception category to this contrast requirement.

Yes. I think that's a bug, and the exception should be removed. :(

>
> Though sometimes, the ‘disabled’ attribute coded on (useful to know)  
> form fields e.g. ‘Continue to next step’, ‘Add to cart’, the >elements  
> are considered as ‘inactive UI element’ until it become enabled for  
> action.
>
> And coding ‘disabled’ or ‘aria-disabled’ are mainly for screen reader  
> interpretation purpose, the visual clue of showing as ‘disabled >with  
> dull color’ still serve good to understand its state (disabled /  
> enabled).

My experience as a user is that this is untrue - often it is not clear  
that something is disabled from its "dull color", leading to significant  
frustration.

cheers

Chaals

>
> Once it is enabled, it must satisfy the minimum contrast ratio.
>
> However if there are other ways to show this visually without impacting  
> the color requirement from design perspective, am also >curious to know  
> about it.
>
>
> 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum): The visual presentation of text and images of  
> text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except >for the following:  
> (Level AA)
>
>
> Large Text: Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a  
> contrast ratio of at least 3:1;
>
>
> Incidental: Text or images of text that are part of an inactive user  
> interface component, that are pure decoration, >that are not visible to  
> anyone, or that are part of a picture that contains significant other  
> visual content, have no >contrast requirement.
>
>
> Logotypes: Text that is part of a logo or brand name has no minimum  
> contrast requirement.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Best,
>
> Poornima.
>
> From: Harry Loots [mailto:harry.loots@ieee.org]Sent: Friday, December  
> 14, 2018 2:20 AM
> To: W3C WAI ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Subject: Disabled form fields
>
>
> Dear all
>
>
> My understanding of SC 1.4.3 (Contrast) is that disabled form fields  
> should also be subject to minimum contrast levels, since these fields  
> may >provide pertinent information to the user.
>
> Example from Google Material Design assets:
>
>
>
>
> What is the view of this group?
>
>
> Kindest regards
>
> Harry
>
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