F22: Failure of Success Criterion 3.2.5 due to opening windows that are not requested by the user

Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2Level AAAAutomatable: partial

Summary: opening windows that are not requested by the user

Why it fails: This page reproduces the F22 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 3.2.5.

Failure technique

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/failures/F22

Understanding

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/change-on-request

Quickref

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#change-on-request

Tab into the email field, then Tab away — a dialog opens without being requested.

Intentional failure — audit this region

F22

<label for="f22-email">Email</label>
<input type="email" id="f22-email" onblur="document.getElementById('f22-popup').hidden=false">
<div id="f22-popup" hidden role="dialog"><p>Subscribe to our newsletter?</p></div>

Expected audit result

3.2.5: fail — Specimen demonstrates failure of 3.2.5.

Manual check: Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F22 failure in isolation.