- Success Criterion 3.3.4
- Conformance level AA
Review Page That Isn’t Actually Editable Before Final Submission
3.3.4 — Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)
Scenario
Setting
A professional networking site's profile editor
What’s wrong
Review page exists but is not actually editable (can't correct before final submit. "reversible/checked/confirmed" all absent).
Example
On a professional networking site's profile editor, a visitor hits this wall: review page exists but is not actually editable (can't correct before final submit. "reversible/checked/confirmed" all absent).
Why it matters
Everyone in legal, financial, or data-changing flows — especially people prone to input mistakes. On a professional networking site's profile editor, this barrier means they can't complete the form at all.
How to test
Reach the review page in a submission flow and try to edit an entry: if the fields aren't actually editable, it fails the 'correct before submit' requirement.
How to fix
The submission must be reversible, checked with a chance to correct, or confirmed through an editable review step.
Outcome
Corrected, a professional networking site's profile editor now lets a visitor finish the task in one attempt.
Who is affected
Everyone in legal, financial, or data-changing flows — especially people prone to input mistakes.
Learn more
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