Details
-
Type:
Bug
-
Status: Open
-
Priority:
Trivial
-
Resolution: Unresolved
-
Affects Version/s: 4.6.17
-
Fix Version/s: Unscheduled
-
Component/s: Core CiviCRM
-
Labels:None
-
Versioning Impact:Patch (backwards-compatible bug fixes)
-
Documentation Required?:Developer Doc
-
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.)
Attachments
Activity
OK, I'll test it again (I'm still in this TZ a few hours!) and confirm the origin.
Right, looks like it is a warning instead of an error msg so it does auto time-out.
Seems like displaying it inline (similar to the required tokens mgs) would be better.
Chris Burgess want to submit a fix using Angular's inline form validation instead of CRM.alert?
Chris Burgess by design, error messages will never automatically hide. If it is doing so, it's a bug.