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There are many rumors and misconceptions about conforming to WCAG criteria for the minimum sizing of interactive elements. I’d like to use this post to demystify what is needed for baseline compliance and to point out an approach for making successful and inclusive interactive experiences using ample target sizes.
Minimum Conformant Pixel Size
We tend to think of targets in terms of block elements — elements that are displayed on their own line, such as a button at the end of a call-to-action. However, interactive elements can be inline elements as well. Think of links in a paragraph of text. Inline interactive elements, such as text links in paragraphs, do not need to meet the 24×24 pixel minimum requirement.
There are many rumors and misconceptions about conforming to WCAG criteria for the minimum sizing of interactive elements. I’d like to use this post to demystify what is needed for baseline compliance and to point out an approach for making successful and inclusive interactive experiences using ample target sizes.
Minimum Conformant Pixel Size
We tend to think of targets in terms of block elements — elements that are displayed on their own line, such as a button at the end of a call-to-action. However, interactive elements can be inline elements as well. Think of links in a paragraph of text. Inline interactive elements, such as text links in paragraphs, do not need to meet the 24×24 pixel minimum requirement.
Many people would say that it is absolute madness to keep on doing the same thing, time after time, expecting to get a different result or for something different to happen.
WCAG Is The Floor, Not The Ceiling
A WCAG-conformant 24×24 minimum pixel size requirement for interactive elements is our industry’s best understanding of what can accommodate most access needs distributed across a global population accessing an unknown amount of content dealing with unknown topics in unknown ways under unknown circumstances.
The load-bearing word in that previous sentence is minimum. The guidance — and the pixel size it mandates — is likely a balancing act between:
Setting something up that is functional enough while also
Avoiding a standard that would be impossible to broadly achieve (hence the SC 2.5.5 level AAA rating).
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