tip 5323 · Channel Hub a11y · Monday 7 September 2026
Channel Hub — required fields (clear required + clear errors)
Live: demo required-fields-demo.html · note article-required-fields.html · hub channel-hub/
What shipped: A verification-first forms micro-demo + short practical note on marking required fields clearly and surfacing errors that stay associated with the failing control (visible label, programmatic association, focus management). Continues the Channel Hub a11y arc after text-scaling, focus-order, touch-targets, safe-areas, ARIA live, aria-keyshortcuts, shortcuts-help + remap, and meaningful-links.
Why it matters: Required-field failures that only flash a generic banner, or that rely on colour alone, strand keyboard and screen-reader users. The demo makes the good pattern obvious and keeps a copy-clean share path with no tracking.
Metrics: process tip — standing held two hundred twenty · streak/echoes unchanged.