Registry · Understandable

3.2.2 — On Input

Level A Understandable

Operational summary

IF changing a control setting automatically changes context, advise users of that behavior before they operate it. Explicitly activating a navigation or submit control is not the same as changing an input setting.

This is an original implementation summary, not replacement normative text. The sources below supply the precise requirement, its definitions and its qualifications.

Primary sources

• Normative text — W3C WCAG 2.2 Recommendation
• Understanding 3.2.2 — explanatory guidance

Registry record

Applicability and assessment start unset by design — no product has been evaluated. Instantiate the entry for an actual product, assign an owner and retain evidence.

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  "criterion_id": "3.2.2",
  "level": "A",
  "name": "On Input",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-3-2-2",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#on-input",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/on-input.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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