[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10156: Empty (blank) search redirects to index page

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#10156: Empty (blank) search redirects to index page
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 Reporter:  Elpie         |       Owner:                     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned         
Component:  General       |     Version:  2.8                
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  accessibility, WCAG
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 If a user sends an empty search in the frontend WordPress loads the index
 page, without warning and without sending an error notice. This
 contravenes WCAG2.0 success criteria 3.3.1 & 3.3.3. See:
 http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-WCAG20-20081103/#minimize-error

 This was raised on the forums 6 months ago:
 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/218195

 While this is a usability issue and the lack of an error message can cause
 problems for all users, it is also a significant accessibility issue -
 particularly for blind users who get no warning that the page has changed.

 In the backend there is no redirect, but nothing happens. An error message
 should be displayed to alert the user that they need to input a search
 term.

 This is not new behaviour in 2.8 but the increased attention to
 accessibility as well as to usability makes this omission more obvious.

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