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fix: Enlarge SideNavigation expandable caret pointer target to 24px (WCAG 2.5.8) #4907

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fix: Enlarge SideNavigation expandable caret pointer target to 24px (WCAG 2.5.8) #4907

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25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions src/expandable-section/styles.scss
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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ $icon-offset-container: awsui.$space-xxs;
$icon-total-space-normal: calc(#{$icon-width-normal} + #{$icon-margin-left} + #{$icon-margin-right-normal});
$icon-total-space-medium: calc(#{$icon-width-medium} + #{$icon-margin-left} + #{$icon-margin-right-medium});

// Extra inline padding that widens the navigation caret pointer target to 24px (WCAG 2.5.8).
$nav-caret-pad-normal: calc(24px - #{$icon-width-normal});
$nav-caret-pad-one-theme: 12px; // 24px minus the one-theme x-small (12px) icon

.root {
@include styles.styles-reset;
@include styles.text-wrapping;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -267,6 +271,27 @@ $icon-total-space-medium: calc(#{$icon-width-medium} + #{$icon-margin-left} + #{
text-decoration: none;
flex-direction: column;

// Widen the pointer target to 24px (WCAG 2.5.8) with inline padding and an
// equal negative margin: the extra width grows away from the header label
// into the adjacent gutter, so neither the glyph nor the label moves and
// the label link keeps its own clicks. Vertical size already fills the row.
&:not(.icon-container-end) {
padding-inline-start: $nav-caret-pad-normal;
margin-inline-start: calc(#{$icon-margin-left} - #{$nav-caret-pad-normal});
@include theming.one-theme-only {
padding-inline-start: $nav-caret-pad-one-theme;
margin-inline-start: calc(-1 * #{$nav-caret-pad-one-theme});
}
}
&.icon-container-end {
padding-inline-end: $nav-caret-pad-normal;
margin-inline-end: calc(-1 * #{$nav-caret-pad-normal});
@include theming.one-theme-only {
padding-inline-end: $nav-caret-pad-one-theme;
margin-inline-end: calc(-1 * #{$nav-caret-pad-one-theme});
}
}

&:hover {
color: awsui.$color-text-expandable-section-hover;
}
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