Simply start acting: Improve accessibility of Registration form

[zwiastunsw]

Hi all. This is the next idea for PR. Who will do it?

Improve accessibility of Registration form

There are two buttons in the registration form:

• Register
• Cancel.

But only one of them is actually a button - "Register" button. The second one looks like a button, but is a link. Take a look at the source code to see for yourself.

The "Register" button works perfectly. But the false Cancel button is confusing.

When a keyboard user sees a button, he wants to run it using Spacebar. Unfortunately, Spacebar does not launch the expected action.

The screen reader user hears that this is a link. Unfortunately, they can't hear where this link leads.

Using "Cancel" redirects you to the homepage. This behavior is unexpected. It causes an unexpected change of context. When I use the button, I expect the cursor to return to the place where the action was called.

In my opinion:

• The current link "Cancel" should be changed to a button.
• The only action that the Cancel button should launch is the Reset action. That's why I think it should be a Reset button.

What do you think about it? If you agree, don't wait - start working. Prepare PR.

[tarot-ray]

Here's the thing - 'cancel' is not a button type in HTML and "reset" is something completely different - it empties the form and shouldn't be used, here.

The only ways to have a 'cancel' button that redirects to somewhere else (e.g. home page) is to fake it from a link or to use Javascript to do the redirection but the question is why? The original developer must be lost in some old-fashioned thinking.

If you think about it, why would anyone click a 'Cancel' button? They can just press 'Back' in the browser or navigate somewhere else, like the home page, by using the menu.

That's why no-one uses a cancel button, in this sort of form, any more. Therefore, I recommend that it is simply removed.

[zwiastunsw]

@tarot-ray : I think you are right. Personally, I also don't see why this button is needed here. It doesn't do anything good. It only creates confusion. I don't mind removing it. Will you do PR?

[tarot-ray]

PS: I have a problem accessing my tarotray account, so I am now tarot-ray.

[tarot-ray]

I'll have a go, then. I need to find it in the PHP code.

[brianteeman]

Using the back button in the browser is not a solution. It's terrible ux

[zwiastunsw]

@tarot-ray : components/com_users/tmpl/registration