- Success Criterion 3.2.2
- Conformance level A
Country Selector That Re-Renders the Form and Drops Focus
3.2.2 — On Input
Scenario
Setting
A food-delivery app's order-tracking screen
What’s wrong
Country select re-rendering the entire form and dropping focus/entered data (change of context without warning).
Example
Here's what happens on a food-delivery app's order-tracking screen: country select re-rendering the entire form and dropping focus/entered data (change of context without warning).
Why it matters
Keyboard and screen-reader users, and people who need predictable form behavior. In this case (a food-delivery app's order-tracking screen), they have to relearn the layout on every page.
How to test
Change a country/region select without pressing submit: if the entire form re-renders and drops focus or previously entered data, 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
Once corrected, a food-delivery app's order-tracking screen lets them predict where to look without relearning the layout.
Who is affected
Keyboard and screen-reader users, and people who need predictable form behavior.
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