Postgraduate research

Social campus

Safeguarding

Cyprus Campus

Pre-School Centre in Preston, Lancashire

Cost of living at university

Sustainability and Our Strategic Plan

Choosing a Postgraduate Degree to Study at UCLan

Information for Partner Students at 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

May 2025

April 2025

University of Central Lancashire

Title / URL	Issues
Postgraduate researchwww.uclan.ac.uk/postgraduate-research	100
Social campuswww.uclan.ac.uk/welcome/facebook-groups	41
Safeguardingwww.uclan.ac.uk/legal/safeguarding	39
Cyprus Campuswww.uclan.ac.uk/campuses/cyprus	35
Pre-School Centre in Preston, Lancashirewww.uclan.ac.uk/support/pre-school	32
Cost of living at universitywww.uclan.ac.uk/support/cost-of-living	21
Cost of living at universitywww.uclan.ac.uk/student-life/cost	21
Sustainability and Our Strategic Planwww.uclan.ac.uk/about-us/sustainability	18
Choosing a Postgraduate Degree to Study at UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/postgraduate	12
Information for Partner Students at UCLanwww.uclan.ac.uk/welcome/partners	9

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

University of Central Lancashire

Where this issue has occurred