Tap Targets Too Small: Improving Mobile UX
Too small touch targets make mobile operation difficult.
Too small touch targets complicate mobile operation The error should never be assessed in isolation. What matters is which URL group is affected and whether it creates a crawling, indexing, snippet, performance or quality problem.
Evaluate neighbouring controls together
A small icon in a densely packed toolbar is harder to hit than the same trigger with enough free space. Therefore, check the actual clickable area and the distance to adjacent actions. The visible graphic can be smaller than the button that encloses it.
Example: Recognizing the Result
Illustrative example: In mobile pagination, several small links are directly next to each other. Users easily hit the wrong side when typing.
Limit cause and implement correction
If necessary, enlarge the active area without overlaying other targets. Test the narrow view with longer captions and enlarged font. Particularly critical are opposing actions such as confirming and deleting directly next to each other. A pure desktop mouse test does not completely map the mobile operation.
What makes you recognize a suitable correction
Check the actual click areas and distances on a narrow screen; create enough space without hiding labels or navigation.
Classification and boundaries
When is this indication not a clear error?
Icon size and clickable area are not identical. A small icon can lie within a sufficiently large button.
Tap Targets Too Small According to CMS and Cause
Many audit messages can be resolved faster if they are grouped by system, page type and technical cause. CMS indentations are only linked where tap targets are too small with a clear cause or fixed route in the respective system.
For this error, there is currently no own CMS deepening, because the correction is usually not sufficiently system-specific. Take advantage of the general causes and checks on this page.
Frequent causes of this error
Related SEO Errors
Appropriate Seitenreport checks
This error should not be checked in isolation. The following tools and clusters help to narrow down the cause faster and to cleanly prioritize the affected URL groups.