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Improving Accessibility with Container Queries

Explore how CSS container queries enhance accessibility by allowing components to adapt responsively to zoom and reflow. Understand WCAG success criterion 1.4.10 and learn how container queries support better resizing compared to traditional media queries. Discover container style queries that base styles on container properties and how combining size and style queries improves design flexibility for accessible web experiences.

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Surprisingly, container queries can help improve accessibility. They enable independent components to better adapt to reflow, which is WCAG success criterion 1.4.10.

Reflow

Reflow is the term for supporting desktop zoom up to 400%. Large areas of content should reflow into a single column, and critical functionality ...