Post #2809186
2026-01-28 14:12 UTC
@joshtumath@mastodon.social
> Even on smaller viewports, users should be able to increase the text size up to 200% without having to horizontally scroll. The relevant WCAG 2.2 guidelines are 1.4.4 Resize Text and 1.4.10 Reflow.
Just to be clear, while it can be helpful and often achievable, WCAG doesn't require avoiding horizontal scroll with increased text size.
Horizontal scroll needs to be avoided in viewports as narrow as 320px but only for the page as it was designed.
Users also need to be able to enlarge text at least 200% but if they have to scroll in two directions to read it, so be it; enlarging by page zoom or even by pinch-to-zoom is sufficient to meet the Resize Text criterion.
#a11y
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@cwilcox808@c.im 2026-01-28 14:13
@joshtumath@mastodon.social Meeting WCAG criteria is a floor, not a ceiling; keeping sites usable in user agents set to a larger font-size is a worthwhile goal. Users can already set their font-size in desktop browsers but sites often have problems when they use it. Maybe when the capability is standard on mobile devices, web developers will address it more. #a11y