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Tweak 3.3.2 understanding benefits to align with intent #1792

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Tweak 3.3.2 understanding benefits to align with intent
patrickhlauke May 11, 2021
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Tweak note/reference to 2.4.6
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Change given name/family name example to make it more directly 3.3.2 …
patrickhlauke May 11, 2021
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Remove inappropriate example
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Merge branch 'main' into patrickhlauke-understanding-labelsinstructions
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Expand Up @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ <h2>Intent of Labels or Instructions</h2>
<p>This Success Criterion does not apply to links or other controls (such as an expand/collapse widget, or similar
interactive components) that are not associated with data entry.
</p>
<p>While this Success Criterion requires that controls and inputs for data entry and submission have labels, whether or not
these labels are sufficiently clear or descriptive is covered separately by
<p>While this Success Criterion requires that controls and inputs have labels or instructions, whether or
not labels (if used) are sufficiently clear or descriptive is covered separately by
<a href="headings-and-labels">2.4.6: Headings and Labels</a>.
</p>

Expand All @@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ <h2>Benefits of Labels or Instructions</h2>

<ul>

<li>Providing clear and unambiguous labels and instructions (including examples of expected
<li>Providing labels and instructions (including examples of expected
data formats) helps all users - but particularly those with cognitive, language, and learning
disabilities - to enter information correctly.
</li>

<li>Providing clear and unambiguous labels and instructions (including clear identification of required
<li>Providing labels and instructions (including identification of required
fields) can prevent users from making incomplete or incorrect form submissions, which prevents
users from having to navigate once more through a page/form in order to fix submission errors.
</li>
Expand All @@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ <h2>Examples of Labels or Instructions</h2>
for the date.
</li>

<li>A field for entering a given name is clearly labeled with "Given Name" and the field
for family name is labeled "Family Name" to avoid confusion over which name is requested.
<li>To enter their name, users are provided with two separate text fields. Rather than
having a single label "Name" (which would appear to leave the second text field unlabelled),
each field is given an explicit label - "Given Name" and "Family Name".
</li>

<li>A U.S. phone number separates the area code, exchange, and number into three fields.
Expand All @@ -103,10 +104,6 @@ <h2>Examples of Labels or Instructions</h2>
of the three fields. The value of this attribute for the three fields are, respectively,
"Area Code", "Exchange", and "Number".
</li>

<li>In a form which contains both required and optional fields, the required fields and/or the
optional fields are clearly labeled as such.
</li>

</ul>

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