Accesibility Testing Setup: 1.4.10 Reflow (AA)

Monir Khan
2 min readSep 24, 2020

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Success Criterion 1.4.10 Reflow (Level AA):

Content can be presented without loss of information or functionality, and without requiring scrolling in two dimensions for:

  • Vertical scrolling content at a width equivalent to 320 CSS pixels;
  • Horizontal scrolling content at a height equivalent to 256 CSS pixels.

Except for parts of the content which require two-dimensional layout for usage or meaning.

Note: 320 CSS pixels is equivalent to a starting viewport width of 1280 CSS pixels wide at 400% zoom. For web content which are designed to scroll horizontally (e.g. with vertical text), the 256 CSS pixels is equivalent to a starting viewport height of 1024px at 400% zoom.

Examples of content which require two-dimensional layout are images, maps, diagrams, video, games, presentations, data tables, and interfaces where it is necessary to keep toolbars in view while manipulating content.

I have created two gif files on how to test reflow.

  1. For desktop view
Setup for reflow test in google chrome desktop

2. For mobile view

Setup for reflow test in google chrome mobile

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Monir Khan
Monir Khan

Written by Monir Khan

System developer, Swedish board of agriculture

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