- Success Criterion 3.2.2
- Conformance level A
Dropdown That Navigates to a New Page on Selection
3.2.2 — On Input
Scenario
Setting
A real-estate marketplace's listing page
What’s wrong
select onchange navigating to a new page (jump menus) with no button and no prior advisement.
Example
A real-estate marketplace's listing page runs into this exact issue: select onchange navigating to a new page (jump menus) with no button and no prior advisement.
Why it matters
Keyboard and screen-reader users, and people who need predictable form behavior. Here, on a real-estate marketplace's listing page, the result is they waste time hunting for something that moved.
How to test
Change a select dropdown's value without pressing any button: if it navigates to a new page (jump menu pattern) with no prior warning, it fails.
How to fix
Changing a field's value must not navigate, submit, close, or change context unless the user was told beforehand or explicitly confirms.
Outcome
After the fix, the same visitor to a real-estate marketplace's listing page can now move confidently between pages.
Who is affected
Keyboard and screen-reader users, and people who need predictable form behavior.
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