Postgraduate research - UCLan

Charitable status - UCLan

Social campus - UCLan

Safeguarding - UCLan

Pre-School Centre in Preston, Lancashire - UCLan

Cost of living at university - UCLan

Sustainability and Our Strategic Plan - UCLan

Choosing a Postgraduate Degree to Study - UCLan

Campus tours - UCLan

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

July 2025

June 2025

University of Central Lancashire

Title / URL	Issues
Postgraduate research - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/postgraduate-research	100
Charitable status - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/legal/charity-information	85
Social campus - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/welcome/facebook-groups	41
Safeguarding - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/legal/safeguarding	39
Pre-School Centre in Preston, Lancashire - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/support/pre-school	29
Cost of living at university - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/support/cost-of-living	25
Cost of living at university - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/student-life/cost	25
Sustainability and Our Strategic Plan - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/about-us/sustainability	18
Choosing a Postgraduate Degree to Study - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/postgraduate	15
Campus tours - UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/visit/campus-tours	10

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

University of Central Lancashire

Where this issue has occurred