Charles F. Munat wrote: > Oliver Lambert wrote: > >> Do/should validations stop at the first error message on the field, at >> least by default? >> > > I much prefer that they do not. It really irritates me when I'm using an > online form and it tells me that something is invalid, then I fix it, > resubmit, and get a new error. > > I'd much rather get a list of errors at the top of the form with the > fields in error highlighted, or highlighted fields with the error > messages either displayed at the field or as a mouseover popup (probably > the former). > > In fact, ideally I like my forms to: > > 1) indicate which fields are required and which are optional, > > 2) give an example, when useful, of expected input (or the validation > rule, such as "must be greater than 100"), > > 3) either prevent invalid input completely (e.g. preventing input of > letters to a field that takes digits), or provide some sort of > visual/audible indication of when the validation rule has been > satisfied, such as a password field that indicates password strength and > the minimum required, or a zip code field that indicates when the zip > code entered matches the RegEx used to validate it. > I totally agree with this set of requirements. Thanks for being clear about them. Care to put up a wiki page with "input form requirements" and include this?
> And, of course, I want the back end to validate as a fallback and to > generate enough error output to permit the form to do 1-3 above. With > AJAX, the form could actually validate using the back end as you tab > from field to field (although if AJAX is working, so is JavaScript, so > that's probably unnecessary). > > Having spent a lot of time in the past working with the W3C's Web > Accessibility Initiative (WAI), I tend to be attentive to accessibility > concerns and try to design all my sites to be usable and accessible to > persons with disabilities -- visual, cognitive, motor, etc. Forms are > always tricky for persons with disabilities. > > Chas. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
