Field Help Method

Context-Sensitive Field Help

Our Objectives

1. Contain all Context-Sensitive help within the markup of the web form, placed below each field label.
2. Control the open/close display state of the help by user action through unobtrusive DOM/JavaScript.
   1. Open help by activating/clicking the help icon image on the right side of a field label.
   2. Close help by activating/clicking the help icon image a second time.
3. If scripting is turned off in the browser:
   1. Automatically display the help content beneath each field label.
   2. Disable the anchor links applied to all help icon images.

Meeting the Objectives

Follow these steps to test the Context-Sensitive field help in the following form:

1. Mouse activation:
   1. Click the Help icon next to a field label in the form to open the Context-Sensitive help.
   2. Click the same help icon again to close the field help.
2. Keyboard activation:
   1. Press the TAB key to gain focus on a help icon.
   2. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard to open the Context-Sensitive help for that field.
   3. Press the ENTER key again to close the Context-Sensitive help for that field.
3. Turn off scripting in your browser:
   1. Refresh the web page.
   2. Each field help section will be displayed below its label.
   3. Hyperlinks in the help icon images will be disabled.

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