Business customers

What's going on in your area?

Northumbrian Water | Supplying water and Sewerage Services in the North East of England

Building and developing

Our Supply Area

Log in

Create a new account to manage your account online

Students moving home

High bills

Moving day checklist

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

June 2025

May 2025

Northumbrian Water

	Title / URL	Issues
	Business customerswww.nwl.co.uk/business/	11
	What's going on in your area?www.nwl.co.uk/check-your-area/	4
	Northumbrian Water \| Supplying water and Sewerage Services in the North East of Englandwww.nwl.co.uk/	3
	Building and developingwww.nwl.co.uk/developers/	3
	Our Supply Areawww.nwl.co.uk/our-region/supply-area/	2
	Log inwww.nwl.co.uk/login/	2
	Create a new account to manage your account onlinewww.nwl.co.uk/register/	2
	Students moving homewww.nwl.co.uk/moving/students/	2
	High billswww.nwl.co.uk/myaccount/high-bills/	2
	Moving day checklistwww.nwl.co.uk/moving/moving-day-checklist/	2

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

Northumbrian Water

Where this issue has occurred