All Online Services | Frederick County

Utilities | Frederick County

Tax Rates | Frederick County

Planning & Development | Frederick County

Frederick County | Home

NewsRoom | Frederick County

Departments | Frederick County

Parks & Recreation | Frederick County

All interactive components on a page, such as buttons or menus, should be far enough apart 
from other interactive areas, to avoid them being used by mistake. 

This ensures people with motor impairments can easily click or tap on the right element.

## Methodology

This check is run on both the mobile and desktop versions of every page. Results
for each may differ.

1. All interactive elements are identified, including buttons, links, and form controls.
2. If an element is not normally visible, it is ignored. This includes elements which
   are positioned offscreen or cropped (e.g. for 'screen-reader only' text).
3. If an element is larger than 24 CSS pixels in both dimensions, it passes.
4. Otherwise, the element is compared to all other elements on the page.
5. The minimum horizontal gap between the element is calculated as 24 CSS pixels,  
   minus the width of the element.
6. The minimum vertical gap between the element is calculated as 24 CSS pixels,  
   minus the height of the element.
7. If another element falls within the minimum horizontal or vertical gap, the 
   element fails, unless both are links that point to the same place.

## Further reading

This is part of the draft WCAG 2.2 specification and is subject to change.

* [Target Size (Minimum)](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/target-size-minimum.html)

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August 2025

July 2025

Frederick County, Virginia

	Title / URL	Issues
	All Online Services \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/services/all-online-services	36
	Utilities \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/live/utilities	30
	Tax Rates \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/services/tax-rates	16
	Tax Rates \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/live/tax-rates	16
	Planning & Development \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/departments/planning-development	12
	Frederick County \| Homewww.fcva.us/home	11
	NewsRoom \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/services/newsroom	11
	Frederick County \| Homewww.fcva.us/	11
	Departments \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/departments	8
	Parks & Recreation \| Frederick Countywww.fcva.us/departments/parks-recreation	8

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

Frederick County, Virginia

Where this issue has occurred