Re: Multiplier SCs (was agenda)

Sounds like we're moving towards a cumulative effect of SCs

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On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com>
wrote:

> Ø  Text-clipping / overlapping is already called out in the understanding
> doc as a failure of text-spacing, can we consider contrast a part of that?
> The same goes for resize/reflow.
>
> Ø  The question I have then (as a tester) is whether that should be
> failed under contrast or the triggering condition? My gut says it should
> come under the SC that triggered it, as solving that problem will be a
> layout or text-buffer change.
>
>
>
> I would be ok with that.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> *From:* Alastair Campbell [mailto:acampbell@nomensa.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2018 12:31 PM
> *To:* Jonathan Avila
> *Cc:* WCAG
> *Subject:* Re: Multiplier SCs (was agenda)
>
>
>
> > I am pretty certain that changes to text spacing will also break
> contrast in a lot of places and may also cause overlapping text.  I also
> understand the multiplier of possibilities.
>
>
>
> Text-clipping / overlapping is already called out in the understanding doc
> as a failure of text-spacing, can we consider contrast a part of that?  The
> same goes for resize/reflow.
>
>
>
> The question I have then (as a tester) is whether that should be failed
> under contrast or the triggering condition? My gut says it should come
> under the SC that triggered it, as solving that problem will be a layout or
> text-buffer change.
>
>
>
> WCAG 2.0 did a good job of things failing in one place, we should try to
> maintain that.
>
>
>
> For most sites you can test that by:
>
>    - zooming in gradually to 320px looking out for omissions or clipping
>    - apply text-spacing
>    - zooming back out to the default looking out for omissions or
>    clipping.
>
>
>
> If it fails whilst zooming in, it’s a 1.4.4 / 1.410 issue (depending on
> what level), if it only fails on the zooming out it’s a 1.4.11 issue.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> -Alastair
>