Breadcrumb text links - are they intended for 2.5.8 ?

Hello everyone,

asking if it is intended that text breadcrumbs are in-scope for the 2.2s criterion 2.5.8 ?

A scenario we are discussing is:

A labelled breadcrumb made using 5 list items in an unordered link-list, each link is visually separated by a chevron that is hidden to accessibility technologies. The list may be presented horizontally in left to right languages on a desktop and they may reflow into a stacked and wrapping presentation with zoom, narrow viewports of if any link names are long.

In asking this we're thinking about:

Understanding Success Criterion 2.5.8: Target Size (Minimum) | WAI | W3C<https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/target-size-minimum.html> and its exception "Inline: The target is in a sentence or its size is otherwise constrained by the line-height of non-target text;"

Would your response be different if the last of the list items was not a link but only text?

Thank you in advance and all the best, Chris.



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