Components

Statement of truth

Use: Deployed

USWDS v3

The Statement of truth allows users to certify that the information they have provided in form is correct and true to the best of their knowledge and belief.

Examples

Usage

When to use Component name

To collect a signature.: This component collects a digital signature from the user to certify their submission. This component is used in the Ask users for a signature pattern.

How this component works

The component works by asking the user to populate the text-input field with their name. That name must match the name entered earlier into the form on a previous step. If the name does not match, an error message is returned.

Behavior

When using this pattern, do not add the privacy policy checkbox at the end of the form. The user does not need to check another checkbox for privacy policy.

Placement

Place the component underneath the accordions on the review page. Do not hide this component inside an accordion.

Instances of this component in production

Code usage

Attributes and Properties

Property Attribute Type Default Description

checkboxError checkbox-error string '' The error to be applied to the va-check-box element

checkboxLabel checkbox-label string 'I certify the information above is correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.' The label for the va-checkbox-component

checked checked boolean The flag to prefill the checked state of the va-checkbox component

heading heading string 'Statement of truth' An optional custom header for the component

inputError input-error string '' The error to be applied to the va-text-input element

inputLabel input-label string 'Your full name' The label for the va-text-input component

inputMessageAriaDescribedby input-message-aria-describedby string '' An optional message that will be read by screen readers when the input in the va-text-input component is focused.

inputValue input-value string '' The value to pre-fill the va-text-input element

PropertyAttributeTypeDefaultDescriptioncheckboxErrorcheckbox-errorstring''The error to be applied to the va-check-box elementcheckboxLabelcheckbox-labelstring'I certify the information above is correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.'The label for the va-checkbox-componentcheckedcheckedbooleanThe flag to prefill the checked state of the va-checkbox componentheadingheadingstring'Statement of truth'An optional custom header for the componentinputErrorinput-errorstring''The error to be applied to the va-text-input elementinputLabelinput-labelstring'Your full name'The label for the va-text-input componentinputMessageAriaDescribedbyinput-message-aria-describedbystring''An optional message that will be read by screen readers when the input in the va-text-input component is focused.inputValueinput-valuestring''The value to pre-fill the va-text-input element

Events

Name Description

vaCheckboxChange The event emitted when the checked state of the va-checkbox changes

vaInputBlur The event emitted when the user tabs out of the input

vaInputChange The event emitted when the value of the input changes

NameDescriptionvaCheckboxChangeThe event emitted when the checked state of the va-checkbox changesvaInputBlurThe event emitted when the user tabs out of the inputvaInputChangeThe event emitted when the value of the input changes

Content considerations

Error message templates

When a user doesn’t enter the name they entered previously in the form

Your signature must match your first and last name as previously entered.

When a user doesn’t check the checkbox for certification

Must certify by checking box

Component checklist

Maturity

Guidance: Examples, usage, code usage, content considerations, and accessibility considerations are all complete.
Research: VFS team conducted research on this component which is linked from this page.
Stability: Component has been in production for more than 3 months with no significant issues found.
Adoption: Multiple teams have adopted this component.

Accessibility

While this component has been previously tested against older criteria, it has not yet been audited with the updated testing criteria.

Code assets

Variations: Storybook includes all variations (style, size, orientation, optional iconography, selection, error state, etc.)
Responsive: Component depicted in all responsive breakpoints.
Interactive states: Includes all interactive states that are applicable (hover, active, focus, keyboard focus, disabled).
Tokens: All design attributes (color, typography, layout, etc.) are available as tokens.
Internationalization: Describes i18n attributes.

Visual assets

Variations: Sketch library includes all variations (style, size, orientation, optional iconography, selection, error state, etc.)
Responsive: Component designed to work in all responsive breakpoints.
Interactive states: Includes all interactive states that are applicable (hover, active, focus, keyboard focus, disabled).
Tokens: All design attributes (color, typography, layout, etc.) are available as tokens.

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