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Update error-identification.html
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detlevhfischer authored Jun 5, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ <h2>Intent of Error Identification</h2>
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<h3>Note on using native HTML form validation</h3>
<p>With native HTML form validation, the use of the <code>required</code> attribute on a field has the consequence that
when trying to submit the form with this field empty, the user agent will automatically display a generic text message that a value
when trying to submit the form with this field empty, the user agent will automatically display a generic error message that a value
in the field is required, and set the focus to the first field missing required input.
The user agent will generally also scroll the page so that the field in error and the generated error message will be visible in the viewport.</p>
<p>In most common user agent and screen reader combinations, the screen reader will read the error message
<p>In most common user agent and screen reader combinations, the screen reader will read the generic error message
and the programmatic name of the required field.
While this in principle meets the requirements of this Success Criterion,
it should be noted that there are several disadvantages related to this approach:</p>
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