What this means
After submission fails, people should be directed to what needs correcting. A form can move keyboard focus to an error summary or the first invalid field. Summary links should lead to the affected fields.
Passing examples
- Focus moves to a summary saying 'Email address is required', with a link to that field.
- Focus moves to the first invalid field and its error explanation is available there.
- A summary lists three errors, and each link takes the person to the correct field.
Failing examples
- An error appears far above the visible area, with no direction to it.
- An error-summary link takes the person to the wrong field.
- Submission fails but focus moves to an unrelated section, leaving the errors difficult to find.