GOV.UK Accessibility in government: conditionally revealed questions
Documents GOV.UK radio and checkbox components offering conditional reveal fields, common use for related follow-up questions, and accessibility risk where screen reader users may not be notified when new follow-up content appears.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conditional reveal fields | Choose conditional reveal fields when one option needs a short, directly related follow-up field in the same local context. | Selecting the trigger shows the related field immediately under that trigger. | GOV.UK accessibility research supports the related-follow-up use case and the need to consider whether newly revealed questions are announced. |
| Required field hidden by conditional logic | Flag this anti-pattern when a required field can block submit while it is hidden, collapsed, disabled, off-screen, absent from the current route, or disconnected from its trigger. | Selecting a trigger that creates a required follow-up reveals that follow-up immediately in logical DOM and visual order. | GOV.UK accessibility research supports the risk that newly revealed conditional questions may be missed by assistive technology users. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Conditional reveal fields vs dependent fields vs radio group vs single-question page
GOV.UK accessibility research documents conditional reveal fields for radios and checkboxes, related follow-up use, and notification risks for assistive technology users.
- Required field hidden by conditional logic vs conditional reveal fields vs dependent fields vs error summary vs single-page form vs review before submit
GOV.UK accessibility research supports notification risks for newly revealed conditional questions.
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Publisher: Government Digital Service. Last checked: .