Your Fire Service | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Tweets | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

News | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Incidents | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Organising an event | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Page not found | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Managing the Service | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Safety in the Home | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Safety at Work | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Support Staff | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

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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March 2025

February 2025

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Title / URL	Issues
Your Fire Service \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/your-fire-service	47
Tweets \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/tweets	17
News \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/news	12
Incidents \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/incidents	12
Organising an event \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/organising-event	7
Page not found \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	4
Managing the Service \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/managing-service	3
Safety in the Home \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/safety-home	3
Safety at Work \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/safety-at-work	2
Support Staff \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/support-staff	2

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

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Where this issue has occurred