Tweets | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Incidents | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

News | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Organising an event | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Page not found | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Safety in the Home | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

User login | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Support Staff | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Road Safety | Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Flooding | 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)

ensure-minimum-target-size

August 2025

July 2025

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

	Title / URL	Issues
	Tweets \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/tweets	15
	Incidents \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/incidents	12
	News \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/news	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
	Safety in the Home \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/safety-home	3
	User login \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/user	2
	Support Staff \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/support-staff	2
	Road Safety \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/road-safety	2
	Flooding \| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk/flooding	2

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Where this issue has occurred