Level A · WCAG 2.0
3.2.2 On Input
Changing a setting does not automatically change the context unless the user was told it would.
Manual only No automated check says anything useful.
How it fails in practice
A country dropdown that reloads the page on selection, throwing away everything typed above it.
How to fix it
Add an “Apply” button, or warn before the control that choosing will reload.
At a glance
- Level
- Level A — the minimum. Failing one of these usually makes something impossible rather than merely hard.
- Principle
- Understandable
- Guideline
- 3.2 Predictable
- Added in
- WCAG 2.0
- EN 301 549
- 9.3.2.2
- Automated check
- Manual only
Manual only
How far an automated check gets
Nothing automatic decides this. A scanner that reports it as passing is reporting that it did not look. It stays untested until a person tests it and records what they did — which is exactly how we treat it: as untested, not as passed.
Related criteria
Other criteria under the same guideline.
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