Re: Error copy and WCAG compliance

Sorry, some words are missing in my last mail, here is a corrected version:

Hi Kiran

If the required input was empty the error message is correct - but of course it’s better to inform at this point already about what should be in the input.

But if there is something in the input that failed a validation, information should be given, that explains what kind of data is expected and/ or in which form.

Like a phone number, a date (mm/dd/yy or dd//mm/yyyy or month like January, February…)

This would be SC 3.3.3 https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/error-suggestion.html

Marc


> Am 17.03.2023 um 15:44 schrieb Marc Haunschild <marc.haunschild@accessibility.consulting>:
> 
> Hi Kiran,
> 
> If the input the error message is correct - but of course it’s better to inform at this point already about what should be in the input.
> 
> But if there is something in the input that failed a validation, information should be given, that explains what kind of data and/ or in which is expected.
> 
> Like a phone number, a date (mm/dd/yy or dd//mm/yyyy old month like January, February…)
> 
> This would be SC 3.3.3 https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/error-suggestion.html
> 
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>> Am 17.03.2023 um 15:27 schrieb Kiran <kiranph@gmail.com>:
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>> morning all!
>> 
>> looking for a suggestion on some issues if it still fails WCAG compliance.
>> 
>> Recently, one of the forms with all mandatory fields has been designed, and everything is correct. For example, having an asterisk to all required fields and also providing clear information at the top. 
>> However when the form is submitted with empty entries, below all fields show an error message as "this field mandatory", per my understanding,  we should use something like "first name is required"- mentioning that specific input should be clearly specified in error copy- is there guideline where this has been mentioned, which I can use to prove my point. 
>> 
>> I believe 3..3.1 and 3.3. 4 ? correct?
>> 
>> please correct and guide me if I am missing something.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
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