News

Sheffield Teaching Hospital - Official Publications

Outpatient Guide

Inpatient Guide

Patient and Public Involvement

Tell us what you think

Your stay

A-Z of Community Services

A-Z of Hospital Services

Patient Experience

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 2024

May 2024

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Title / URL	Issues
Newswww.sth.nhs.uk/news/news?showarchive=1	100
Sheffield Teaching Hospital - Official Publicationswww.sth.nhs.uk/about-us/official-publications	89
Outpatient Guidewww.sth.nhs.uk/patients/outpatient-guide	80
Inpatient Guidewww.sth.nhs.uk/patients/inpatient-guide	78
Patient and Public Involvementwww.sth.nhs.uk/patients/patient-experience/involvement	68
Tell us what you thinkwww.sth.nhs.uk/patients/patient-experience/feedback	68
Your staywww.sth.nhs.uk/patients/inpatient-guide/your-stay	66
A-Z of Community Serviceswww.sth.nhs.uk/services/a-z-of-community-services	64
A-Z of Hospital Serviceswww.sth.nhs.uk/services/a-z-of-services	64
Patient Experiencewww.sth.nhs.uk/patients/patient-experience	62

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred