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List</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></nav><nav class="sidenav-languages" aria-labelledby="languagehead"> <header id="languagehead">Languages/Translations</header> <ul class="langlist"> <li style="margin-bottom: 2px;"><strong style="text-transform: capitalize;">English (original)</strong></li><li style="margin-bottom: 2px;"><a style="text-transform: capitalize;" href="/WAI/perspective-videos/controls/fr" dir="auto" translate="no" lang="fr">français</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/WAI/translations/">All&nbsp;Translations</a></p> <p><a href="/WAI/about/translating/">Translating WAI Resources</a></p> </nav> </div> <main id="main" lang="en"> <header class="in-resource"> <h1> Large Links, Buttons, and Controls </h1><p>in <a lang="en" href="/WAI/perspective-videos/"><span>Web Accessibility Perspectives Videos: Explore the Impact and Benefits for Everyone</span></a></p></header> <p>Web accessibility is essential for people with disabilities and useful for all. Learn about the impact of accessibility and the benefits for everyone in a variety of situations.</p> <h2 id="film" class="no-display">Video on Large Links, Buttons, and Controls</h2> <div class="video-container" data-video-type="" dir="ltr"> <video preload="metadata" data-youtube-id="CzfKB3PuuIY" data-youtube-nocookie="true" data-description-audible="false" playsinline=""><track src="/WAI/wai-videos/perspective-videos/en/controls.en.vtt" label="English" kind="captions" srclang="en" default="" /><track src="/WAI/wai-videos/perspective-videos/fr/controls.fr.vtt" label="français" kind="subtitles" srclang="fr" /></video> </div> <div class="video-container" data-video-type="audio-described"> <video preload="metadata" data-youtube-id="65G_twR47OQ" data-youtube-nocookie="true" data-description-audible="false" playsinline=""><track src="/WAI/wai-videos/perspective-videos/en/controls_ad.en.vtt" label="English" kind="captions" srclang="en" default="" /><track src="/WAI/wai-videos/perspective-videos/fr/controls_ad.fr.vtt" label="français" kind="subtitles" srclang="fr" /><track src="/WAI/wai-videos/perspective-videos/en/controls_ad_desc.en.vtt" label="English" kind="descriptions" srclang="en" default="" /><track src="/WAI/wai-videos/perspective-videos/fr/controls_ad_desc.fr.vtt" label="français" kind="descriptions" srclang="fr" /></video> </div> <p><button id="audio_description_button"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="icon-audio-description "><use xlink:href="/WAI/assets/images/icons.svg#icon-audio-description"></use></svg> <span>Enable Audio Description</span></button></p> <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/js-cookie@3.0.1/dist/js.cookie.min.js"></script> <script src="/WAI/assets/ableplayer/build/ableplayer.min.js"></script> <script> var youTubeDataAPIKey = "AIzaSyBzq155tA3E3gaYlRdx2S9U9FM78U1-568"; var googleApiReady = false; function initGoogleClientApi() { googleApiReady = true; } </script> <script src="//apis.google.com/js/client.js?onload=initGoogleClientApi"></script> <script> (function () { 'use strict'; let player1 = new AblePlayer($('[data-video-type=""] video')); const audiodescribed = document.querySelectorAll('[data-video-type="audio-described"]'); const nonaudiodescribed = document.querySelectorAll('[data-video-type=""]'); if (audiodescribed.length > 0) { let player2 = new AblePlayer($('[data-video-type="audio-described"] video')); Array.prototype.forEach.call(audiodescribed, function(el, i){ el.setAttribute('hidden', true); }); const adbutton = document.querySelector('#audio_description_button'); adbutton.addEventListener('click', function(e){ player1.pauseMedia(); player2.pauseMedia(); if (e.currentTarget.getAttribute('data-status') === "audio-described") { Array.prototype.forEach.call(nonaudiodescribed, function(el, i){ el.removeAttribute("hidden"); }); Array.prototype.forEach.call(audiodescribed, function(el, i){ el.setAttribute('hidden', true); }); e.currentTarget.setAttribute('data-status', 'non-audio-described'); e.currentTarget.querySelector('span').textContent = 'Enable Audio Description'; } else { Array.prototype.forEach.call(nonaudiodescribed, function(el, i){ el.setAttribute('hidden', true); }); Array.prototype.forEach.call(audiodescribed, function(el, i){ el.removeAttribute("hidden"); }); e.currentTarget.setAttribute('data-status', 'audio-described'); e.currentTarget.querySelector('span').textContent = 'Disable Audio Description'; } }); } }()); </script> <p>This video information is available as a <a href="#transcript">Text Transcript with Description of Visuals</a> below.</p> <h2 id="what">What is “Large Links, Buttons, and Controls”?</h2> <p>The area for clicking and tapping controls must be large enough for people to activate them. This includes links, buttons, checkboxes, and other controls. Small controls, and controls that are placed too close to each other, are difficult for many people to use. This is particularly relevant on mobile devices with small screens.</p> <h2 id="who">Who depends on this feature?</h2> <ul> <li>People with physical disabilities who have reduced dexterity.</li> </ul> <h2 id="others">What are the additional benefits?</h2> <ul> <li>Content is more usable on touch screens, especially on smaller mobile devices.</li> <li>Content is more usable for people who are not experienced with the mouse or touch-pad on the computer they are using.</li> <li>Content is more usable in situations where the device cannot be held steady.</li> </ul> <h2 id="action">What needs to happen for this to work?</h2> <p>Design large controls or activation areas around the controls. (Increasing the font size of the control sometimes isn’t enough.) Provide adequate separation between selectable controls. Provide labels for controls, which enlarges the activation area in many browsers because the label for checkboxes and option buttons is also clickable.</p> <h2 id="resources">Learn more</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Accessibility Principle:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-principles/#navigable">Users can easily navigate, find content, and determine where they are</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Getting Started:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="/WAI/tips/designing/#create-designs-for-different-viewport-sizes">Create designs for different viewport sizes</a></li> <li><a href="/WAI/tips/designing/#ensure-that-form-elements-include-clearly-associated-labels">Ensure that form elements include clearly associated labels</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Easy Check:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="/WAI/test-evaluate/preliminary/#forms">Forms, labels, and errors</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>User Story:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="/WAI/people-use-web/user-stories/archived/#retiree">Yun, retiree with low vision, hand tremor, and mild short-term memory loss</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (<a href="/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/">WCAG Overview</a>):</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/?tags=labels">Success Criteria relating to “labels”</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="transcript">Text Transcript with Description of Visuals</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th width="65%">Audio</th> <th>Visual</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Web Accessibility Perspectives: Large Links, Buttons, and Controls</td> <td>Web Accessibility Perspectives:<br /> Large Links, Buttons, and Controls</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Trying to hit a small target requires lots of effort.</td> <td><p>A woman tries to thread a needle but misses.<br /> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Many websites and applications try to thread the needle.</td> <td>The woman fails to tap small links on a website. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>But on the Web, we can make areas for clicking and tapping easier to use.</td> <td>The links become larger in size and the woman now easily taps them.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Which is handy on mobile devices especially when we might be moving around at the time.</td> <td>The woman is using a tablet while preparing a coffee.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Which is critical for people with reduced dexterity.</td> <td>Another woman with a hand tremor is unable to navigate precisely with the mouse and fails to click small buttons on a website.<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Web accessibility: Essential for some, useful for all.</td> <td>The buttons become larger and the woman with the tremor is now able to click them.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Visit w3.org/WAI/perspectives for more information on Large Links, Buttons, and Controls</td> <td>Visit<br /> w3.org/WAI/perspectives<br /> for more information on<br /> Large Links, Buttons, and Controls. <br /> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative logo</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <nav class="pager" aria-label="Previous/Next Page"> <ul><li class="pager--item previous"> <a href="/WAI/perspective-videos/speech/"> <svg focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" class="icon-arrow-left pager--item-icon"><use xlink:href="/WAI/assets/images/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left"></use></svg> <span class="pager--item-text"> <span class="pager--item-text-direction">Previous:</span> <span class="pager--item-text-target">Text to Speech</span> </span> </a> </li><li class="pager--item next"> <a href="/WAI/perspective-videos/captions/"> <svg focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" class="icon-arrow-right pager--item-icon"><use xlink:href="/WAI/assets/images/icons.svg#icon-arrow-right"></use></svg> <span class="pager--item-text"> <span class="pager--item-text-direction">Next:</span> <span class="pager--item-text-target">Video Captions</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul></nav><aside class="box box-icon box-space-above" id="helpimprove" aria-label="feedback"><header class="box-h box-h-icon box-h-space-above box-h-icon"> <svg focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" class="icon-comments "><use xlink:href="/WAI/assets/images/icons.svg#icon-comments"></use></svg> <h2> Help improve this page </h2></header><div class="box-i"><p>Please share your ideas, suggestions, or comments via e-mail to the publicly-archived list <a href="mailto:wai@w3.org?body=%5Binclude%20a%20relevant%20email%20Subject%5D%0A%0A%5Bput%20comment%20here...%5D%0A%0AI%20give%20permission%20to%20share%20this%20to%20a%20publicly-archived%20e-mail%20list.">wai@w3.org</a> or via GitHub.</p> <div class="button-group"> <a href="mailto:wai@w3.org?body=%5Binclude%20a%20relevant%20email%20Subject%5D%0A%0A%5Bput%20comment%20here...%5D%0A%0AI%20give%20permission%20to%20share%20this%20to%20a%20publicly-archived%20e-mail%20list." class="button"><span>E-mail</span></a><a href=" https://github.com/w3c/wai-website/edit/main/collections/_perspective-videos/controls.md " class="button"><span>Fork &amp; 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