WCAGA
How to test criterion 3.2.2 “On Input — Changing the setting of any user interface component does not automatically cause a change of context unless the user has been advised of the behavior before using the component.”
- WCAG references
- 3.2.2 On Input (A)
What this criterion says
Changing the setting of any user interface component does not automatically cause a change of context unless the user has been advised of the behavior before using the component.
Official methodology to test criterion 3.2.2
Official W3C techniques
The W3C does not publish a test procedure for this criterion. It publishes techniques instead: documented ways to meet it, and the failures that do not.
Sufficient techniques
Common failures
- F36 Failure of Success Criterion 3.2.2 due to automatically submitting a form and presenting new content without prior warning when the last field in the form is given a value
- F37 Failure of Success Criterion 3.2.2 due to launching a new window without prior warning when the selection of a radio button, check box or select list is changed