Details
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Type: Bug
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Status: Open
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Priority: Trivial
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: 4.6.17
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Fix Version/s: Unscheduled
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Component/s: Core CiviCRM
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Labels:None
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Versioning Impact:Patch (backwards-compatible bug fixes)
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Documentation Required?:Developer Doc
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Funding Source:Needs Funding
Description
This issue is about the accessibility of the notification self-hiding at all. As well as being a poor UX generally, this is potentially an issue for users experiencing distraction (that's everyone) or of limited vision.
- Am creating a CiviMail while in Mountain TZ
- Server is in Pacific/Auckland TZ, so several hours ahead
- When I try to send, I see screen attached
- "Send mail" button is disabled, notification says "The selected time is in the past"
- Notification disappears quickly and leaves no way to show notifications
IMO form validation failures should never self-hide, since they remove information important to the context of why the form submission will not proceed. (See attached screen - no clue remains why the submit button is disabled.)
Perhaps auto-hiding notifications was proposed in response to user weariness at seeing too many notifications, but I don't think it's the right choice & hope this example illustrates why I feel that way
(If anyone can find the ticket where this behaviour was introduced I'd like to read the original proposal.)