Error Identification - error not described in text

Test Case Summary

Test Case ID

TCID: TC10.D-2-fail-2

TC Version: 1

Baseline Version: 3.1

Applicable Standard: WCAG 3.3.1

Test Case Description

The page has a textbox labeled “Enter A Number” and a submit button.

When a non-numeric value is entered into the textbox and the user shifts focus away from the textbox or presses the submit button, then the background color of the input element changes to red.

The error notification does not appear on screen in text.

A successful test should identify a FAIL against Baseline 10.4 Error Identification.

Applicable ICT Baseline Test

Test Procedure: 10.D Error Identification

Baseline Test ID: 10.D-ErrorIdentification

Test Instruction: 2

Test Case Detail

Expected Baseline Result

Fail

The error is not described to the user in text.

Test Data

Single-Page URL

/testfiles/TF10/10.D-2-fail-2.html

Test Case Instruction

Test Instruction	Instruction Detail	Expected Test Case Result
IC-1	Input form components with automatic error detection and notification.	Identifiy that there are form components with automatic error detection and notification.
1	Enter incorrect values in input form components in order to trigger automatic error detection that results in error notifications. Examples include but are not limited to: required fields, date (format), state (abbreviations in an address), password	Pass: Entering incorrect values results in error notifications.
2	If an input error is automatically detected, check that the error notification meets all of the following [SC 3.3.1]: The user is made aware of the error (whether immediately upon shifting focus away from the item in error or when trying to submit the form), and the error is described to the user in text, and the item that is in error is identified in text.	Fail: The error is not described to the user in text.