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Opened 14 years ago

Closed 11 years ago

#10156 closed enhancement (duplicate)

Empty (blank) search redirects to index page

Reported by: elpie's profile Elpie Owned by: ryan's profile ryan
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 2.8
Component: Query Keywords: accessibility WCAG
Focuses: Cc:

Description

If a user sends an empty search in the frontend WordPress loads the index page, without warning and without sending an error notice. This contravenes WCAG2.0 success criteria 3.3.1 & 3.3.3. See: ​http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-WCAG20-20081103/#minimize-error

This was raised on the forums 6 months ago: ​http://wordpress.org/support/topic/218195

While this is a usability issue and the lack of an error message can cause problems for all users, it is also a significant accessibility issue - particularly for blind users who get no warning that the page has changed.

In the backend there is no redirect, but nothing happens. An error message should be displayed to alert the user that they need to input a search term.

This is not new behaviour in 2.8 but the increased attention to accessibility as well as to usability makes this omission more obvious.

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10156.diff​ (703 bytes) - added by dhruvbaldawa 13 years ago.
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Change History (6)

#1 @Denis-de-Bernardy
14 years ago

  • Component changed from General to Query
  • Keywords needs-patch added
  • Milestone changed from Unassigned to Future Release
  • Owner set to ryan
  • Type changed from defect (bug) to enhancement

@dhruvbaldawa
13 years ago

The issue is resolved

#2 @dhruvbaldawa
13 years ago

  • Keywords changed from needs-patch accessibility, WCAG to needs-patch accessibility WCAG
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

#3 @dhruvbaldawa
13 years ago

  • Resolution fixed deleted
  • Status changed from closed to reopened

#4 @Elpie
12 years ago

  • Cc Elpie added

#5 @SergeyBiryukov
11 years ago

  • Keywords needs-patch removed
  • Milestone Future Release deleted
  • Resolution set to duplicate
  • Status changed from reopened to closed

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