- Success Criterion 3.3.1
- Conformance level A
Error Toast That Disappears Before It Can Be Read
3.3.1 — Error Identification
Scenario
Setting
A project-management tool's task board
What’s wrong
Toast errors disappearing before assistive technology users reach them (identification effectively absent — interacts 2.2.1).
Example
On a project-management tool's task board, a visitor hits this wall: toast errors disappearing before assistive technology users reach them (identification effectively absent — interacts 2.2.1).
Why it matters
Everyone submitting forms — especially screen-reader and color-blind users who miss color-only cues. In this case (a project-management tool's task board), they can't complete the form at all.
How to test
Submit invalid data with a screen reader running: if a toast error appears and disappears before the screen reader user can navigate to it, it fails.
How to fix
A text error message must identify each field in error and be exposed to assistive technology (announced automatically or focused).
Outcome
Once corrected, a project-management tool's task board lets them complete the form without guessing.
Who is affected
Everyone submitting forms — especially screen-reader and color-blind users who miss color-only cues.
Learn more
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Related scenarios
- Form Submission With No Way to Identify What Went Wrong
- Form That Fails Silently With No Error Message at All
- Form Errors Marked Only by a Red Border, With No Text
- Generic ‘There Were Errors’ Message With No Field Named
- Error Text That’s Visible but Never Announced to Screen Readers
- Error Summary That Names Fields Too Vaguely to Identify Them