- Success Criterion 3.2.2
- Conformance level A
Radio Selection That Auto-Advances a Multi-Step Wizard
3.2.2 — On Input
Scenario
Setting
A professional networking site's profile editor
What’s wrong
Radio selection auto-advancing wizard steps without warning.
Example
A professional networking site's profile editor shows the problem clearly: radio selection auto-advancing wizard steps without warning.
Why it matters
Keyboard and screen-reader users, and people who need predictable form behavior. On a professional networking site's profile editor, this barrier means they waste time hunting for something that moved.
How to test
Select a radio button in a multi-step wizard: if it auto-advances to the next step without 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
Corrected, a professional networking site's profile editor now lets a visitor find the same feature in the same place.
Who is affected
Keyboard and screen-reader users, and people who need predictable form behavior.
Learn more
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