Re: Revised Pointer Target Spacing

I think the concern was that devs might reduce the actual target size to
meet the spacing+target requirements.
I don't think their usability personnel will let targets get too small.

What if we leave it out there for another draft round and see what comes
back?

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On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 11:05 AM Kathy Wahlbin <kathyw@ia11y.com> wrote:

> Wilco –
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> We do have an exception for:
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> *Inline:* The target is in a sentence or block of text;
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> For the other links that fail, it is important to fix these links so even
> if the W3C fails it is an opportunity to improve the site to be more
> inclusive.
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> *To:* Kathy Wahlbin <kathyw@ia11y.com>
> *Cc:* jake abma <jake.abma@gmail.com>; Sukriti Chadha <
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> *Subject:* Re: Revised Pointer Target Spacing
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> Hey folks,
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> I wrote a little script to try this out. WCAG 2.2 itself seems to have
> dozens of links that don't meet that minimal requirement. At the very
> least, someone's going to have to redesign the W3C template. I'm not so
> sure stepping away from the "space between" idea is right here.
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> Wilco
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> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 2:38 PM Kathy Wahlbin <kathyw@ia11y.com> wrote:
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> The mobile accessibility taskforce is recommending the following changes
> to target spacing SC.
>
> *Target Size (AA)*
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> The size of the target for pointer inputs is at least 26 by 26 CSS pixels
> except when:
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> ·       *Inline:* The target is in a sentence or block of text;
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> ·       *User Agent Control:* The size of the target is determined by the
> user agent and is not modified by the author;
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> ·       *Essential:* A particular presentation of the target is essential
> to the information being conveyed.
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