Donate | National Trust for Scotland

Giving in memory | National Trust for Scotland

Support us | National Trust for Scotland

Cookies | National Trust for Scotland

Buildings | National Trust for Scotland

Get involved | National Trust for Scotland

Membership | National Trust for Scotland

What we do | National Trust for Scotland

Current appeals | National Trust for Scotland

Places | National Trust for Scotland

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)

ensure-minimum-target-size

May 2025

April 2025

National Trust for Scotland

Title / URL	Issues
Donate \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/donate	10
Giving in memory \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/donate/donate-in-memory	10
Support us \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us	10
Cookies \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/cookies	10
Buildings \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/what-we-do/buildings	10
Get involved \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/get-involved	10
Membership \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/become-a-member	10
What we do \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/what-we-do	10
Current appeals \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/appeals	10
Places \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/visit/places	10

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

National Trust for Scotland

Where this issue has occurred