SC-2.5.8: Tiny submit control

Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.2Level AAAutomatable: yes

Summary: A submit button is smaller than 24 by 24 CSS pixels.

Why it fails: Users with limited dexterity may miss or misactivate the control because its hit target is too small.

Failure technique

Synthetic specimen — no W3C failure technique.

Understanding

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/target-size-minimum

Quickref

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#target-size-minimum

Intentional failure — audit this region

SC-2.5.8

Select priority:

L M H

<p>Select priority:</p>
<a href="#low" class="sc258-target">L</a>
<a href="#med" class="sc258-target">M</a>
<a href="#high" class="sc258-target">H</a>

Expected audit result

2.5.8: fail — Specimen demonstrates failure of 2.5.8.

Manual check: Measure the visible target size in CSS pixels.