- Success Criterion 1.4.10
- Conformance level AA
Carousel Slide Content Cut Off With No Way to Reach It
1.4.10 — Reflow
Scenario
Setting
A university's online course catalog
What’s wrong
Carousels whose slide content is cut with no alternative path to it.
Example
A tester reviewing a university's online course catalog finds this: carousels whose slide content is cut with no alternative path to it.
Why it matters
Low-vision users at high zoom and people reading on narrow mobile viewports. On a university's online course catalog, that means they miss information conveyed only by color.
How to test
Set the viewport to 320px and check carousel/slider content: if slide content is cut off with no alternative way to reach the full content, it fails.
How to fix
At 320 CSS px width (400% zoom on a 1280px desktop), content must reflow into one column with only vertical scrolling and nothing missing or unreachable.
Outcome
With the fix in place on a university's online course catalog, they tell the information apart without relying on color, specifically for the “Carousel Slide Content Cut Off With No Way to Reach It” issue on a university's online course catalog.
Who is affected
Low-vision users at high zoom and people reading on narrow mobile viewports.
Learn more
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- Content or Controls That Vanish Entirely When the Page Reflows
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- Fixed-Width Container Forcing Scrolling in Two Directions
- Overlapping Content When the Page Is Zoomed to 400%
- Sticky Bars That Eat Up Most of a 320px Mobile Screen
- Desktop Breakpoint That Never Switches to Mobile Layout