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Re: "Error feedback MUST be programmatically-associated with the appropriate element"

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sep 26, 2020 8:37AM

On 26/09/2020 15:35, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 26/09/2020 03:26, Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:

>> "The identification and description of an error can be combined with
>> programmatic information that user agents or assistive technologies
>> can use to identify an error and provide error information to the
>> user [...]"
>
> But of course, that part isn't normative, and it's more a
> suggestion/best practice of what *can* be done.
>
> So it still feels like for normative fail, 1.3.1 is the best bet.

And to close that additional loop, providing/not providing aria-invalid
would fall under 4.1.2 as it's a state.

P
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