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From: Aditya
Date: May 12, 2020 5:19PM

G142 technique mentions "This technique requires that the zoom function preserves all spatial relationships on the page and that all functionality continues to be available"

I'm confused about the spatial relationships part. At 200%, the last column of the page just wraps and moves to the end of the page. (Bootstrap)
The DOM is unchanged but that content now is at the end of the page and users have to scroll all the way to the bottom.
How can spatial relationship be maintained if page just reorders or reflows while zooming.

Is it a failure if content is placed at a different visual location but still has all the content and functionality based on "spatial relationships" phrase mentioned in G142.

Isn't it also a failure if a menu turns into a hamburger menu at 200% since spatial relationship has changed and content is moved under this hamburger dropdown.

Please keep answers specific to WCAG 1.4.4 if possible.

Thanks!

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