Whitespace is not utilized to create text spacing within a word. Whitespace is not utilized to create columns or tables visually in plain text.
| WCAG 2 criterion | 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (A) |
|---|---|
| Category | Content |
WCAG 2 criterion
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A)
Tools and requirements
- Screen Reader
- Siteimprove (policy)
Test procedure
When browsing content, be sure that there are no cases where whitespace is used for text spacing or formatting.
There is a policy in Siteimprove called "Potential overuse of whitespace." It searches for situations where there are 3 or more spaces in a row (which would be indicative of using whitespace to create visual columns). It will not be able to search for scenarios where there is space between letters in a word.
This should be among the checks that you perform on the subset of pages that manual testing is performed on.