Level AA · WCAG 2.2
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)
Pointer targets are at least 24 by 24 CSS pixels, or have enough space around them.
Partly automated Some failures are detectable, others need judgement.
How it fails in practice
A row of 16px social icons in a footer, spaced four pixels apart. A close button too small to hit on a phone.
How to fix it
Grow the hit area with padding rather than the icon — the target can be bigger than the thing you can see.
At a glance
- Level
- Level AA — the level EN 301 549 requires, and therefore the level the BFSG and the EAA are measured against.
- Principle
- Operable
- Guideline
- 2.5 Input Modalities
- Added in
- WCAG 2.2
- EN 301 549
- Not referenced in EN 301 549 v3.2.1
- Automated check
- Partly automated
Partly automated
How far an automated check gets
A tool finds some failures here and cannot see the rest. A clean automated result means the checks that exist found nothing — not that the criterion is met. This is the gap that makes a green scan look like an accessible site, and it is where our agents and a human reviewer do the remaining work.
Measured automatically from the rendered geometry, including the spacing exception.
Related criteria
Other criteria under the same guideline.
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