Understandable → Input Assistance → 3.3.1

3.3.1

Error Identification

Level APartially Automatable

WCAG Requirement

If an input error is automatically detected, the item in error is identified and the error is described in text.

Experience Builder Notes

EB Edit/Survey widgets must provide text error messages, not just color changes.

Sufficient Techniques

  • ✓Identify errors in text near the field
  • ✓Use aria-invalid and aria-describedby

Common Failures in EB Apps

  • ✗Red border only, no error text
  • ✗Error message not programmatically associated

Full specification: WCAG 2.1 — 3.3.1 Error Identification

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