Re: 1.4.12 - Text Spacing

Sometimes the answer is already in the name.

It says Web Content Accessibility Guideline

It’s not Web Content (except user content) accessibility guideline.

No pun intended. It’s just that simple…

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> Am 08.09.2023 um 12:17 schrieb Michael Livesey <mike.j.livesey@gmail.com>:
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> regarding 1.4.12 text spacing, we were having a discussion to what extent this should apply to user content on a site. Someone at our organization has suggested that all user content is excluded from 1.4.12.
> 
> For example, there are forms where users can add comments that are visible to other users.
> 
> Does 1.4.12 need to apply to user content that is displayed by the system as comments against the form?
> 
> Or one user adds test to a text-area field, and then another user opens the form to read the text, does 1.4.12 apply?
> 
> In on respect it is user content, but in another the system is generating the content for viewing by others.
> 
> Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you!

Received on Friday, 8 September 2023 10:45:52 UTC