Status messages and reset actions

[mfairchild365]

Scenario 1: A form has a reset button. The user has entered values into form fields. The user activates the reset button. All form values are reset. Focus is not moved. There is no visual success message (beyond the form values changing). There is no screen reader announcement. Does this fail 4.1.3?

Scenario 2: A form has a reset button. The user does NOT enter values into form fields. The user activates the reset button. Focus is not moved. There is no visual success message (and form values do not change because there is nothing to reset). There is no screen reader announcement. Does this fail 4.1.3?

[TestPartners]

Neither scenario fails SC 4.1.3. There is no status message in either case, so SC 4.1.3 does not apply. SC 4.1.3 does not require that there is a status message. SC 1.3.1 (roughly paraphrased) requires that visual information is conveyed programmatically or as text, but the clearing of form fields does not need to be conveyed if it happens instantaneously following an intentional user action. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd From: Michael Fairchild ***@***.***> Sent: 20 March 2025 13:50 To: w3c/wcag ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: [w3c/wcag] Status messages and reset actions (Discussion #4288) Scenario 1: A form has a reset button. The user has entered values into form fields. The user activates the reset button. All form values are reset. Focus is not moved. There is no visual success message (beyond the form values changing). There is no screen reader announcement. Does this fail 4.1.3? Scenario 2: A form has a reset button. The user does NOT enter values into form fields. The user activates the reset button. Focus is not moved. There is no visual success message (and form values do not change because there is nothing to reset). There is no screen reader announcement. Does this fail 4.1.3? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#4288>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACSY767SLJJ5MJKP3UB65332VLBO5AVCNFSM6AAAAABZNQB5EOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ERDJONRXK43TNFXW4OZYGEYDSNRRGU>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>