{
  "id": "F9",
  "rulePrefix": "F9",
  "variant": null,
  "ruleType": "w3c-failure",
  "scanScope": "specimen",
  "synthetic": false,
  "status": "current",
  "title": "Failure of Success Criterion 3.2.5 due to changing the context when the user removes focus from a form element",
  "summary": "changing the context when the user removes focus from a form element",
  "whyItFails": "This page reproduces the F9 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 3.2.5, 3.2.2.",
  "principles": [
    "understandable"
  ],
  "guidelines": [
    "3.2"
  ],
  "successCriteria": [
    {
      "id": "3.2.5",
      "name": "Change on Request",
      "level": "AAA",
      "slug": "change-on-request"
    },
    {
      "id": "3.2.2",
      "name": "On Input",
      "level": "A",
      "slug": "on-input"
    }
  ],
  "versions": [
    "2.0",
    "2.1",
    "2.2"
  ],
  "automatable": "partial",
  "requires": [
    "html",
    "input"
  ],
  "isolated": true,
  "pairWith": [],
  "w3c": {
    "understanding": [
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/change-on-request",
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/on-input"
    ],
    "quickref": [
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#change-on-request",
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#on-input"
    ],
    "technique": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/failures/F9"
  },
  "specimen": {
    "html": "<label for=\"f9-country\">Country</label>\n<select id=\"f9-country\" onblur=\"window.location.hash='changed'\">\n  <option value=\"\">Choose…</option>\n  <option value=\"nl\">Netherlands</option>\n  <option value=\"be\">Belgium</option>\n</select>\n<p id=\"f9-status\">Selecting a country and leaving the field changes context.</p>",
    "css": "",
    "js": "",
    "assets": []
  },
  "expectedFindings": [
    {
      "sc": "3.2.5",
      "outcome": "fail",
      "note": "Specimen demonstrates failure of 3.2.5."
    },
    {
      "sc": "3.2.2",
      "outcome": "fail",
      "note": "Specimen demonstrates failure of 3.2.2."
    }
  ],
  "mustNotFlag": [],
  "manualCheck": "Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F9 failure in isolation.",
  "generated": {
    "url": "https://wcagfail.patternd.io/specimens/F9/",
    "lastmod": "2026-10-08"
  }
}