6.6. Provide explicit error messages and suggestions for correcting errors
Whenever there is a possibility that a form returns errors, the following items must be provided:
- Explicit error messages.
- Suggestions for correcting errors.
Error messages must be explicit. That is to say, just by reading the error message:
- The field concerned must be identifiable.
- The cause of the error must be understandable.
- Suggestions must be provided when an error is due to an incorrect input format.
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Warning
Error messages must not disappear automatically.
These messages must only disappear on a user action (closing button, display of a new page, new form submission, etc.).