WCAG 1.4.4 Level AA

Resize Text

People need to be able to zoom text up to 200% without losing content or breaking your page's functionality.

What it means

Someone with low vision often relies on browser or device zoom to read comfortably. This criterion says your page has to keep working at up to 200% zoom — text shouldn't get clipped, overlap other content, or force horizontal scrolling to read a single line.

Why it matters

For a lot of low-vision users, zoom is the difference between reading your site independently and not being able to use it at all. A page that actively blocks zooming takes that option away entirely.

What our scan checks for

A viewport meta tag that sets user-scalable=no or caps maximum-scale at 1 — both explicitly disable pinch-to-zoom on mobile, which was a common (and now discouraged) practice for a while.

How to fix it

Remove user-scalable=no and any maximum-scale restriction from your viewport meta tag — let the browser's native zoom behave normally.
Test your layout at 200% browser zoom and check that nothing gets cut off or overlaps.

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