How to fix avoid inline spacing on Webflow

Steps for Webflow

1. Open the Designer and select the element flagged for inline spacing.
2. In the Style panel (right sidebar), check the Typography section for any overrides to Line Height, Letter Spacing, or Word Spacing set directly on this element rather than on a class.
3. If the values are element-level overrides (shown in blue/highlighted), remove them by clicking the property and pressing Delete/Backspace, or by right-clicking the property and choosing 'Remove override'. This ensures the value comes from the class rule, not an inline style.
4. Define correct spacing values on the element's CSS class (create one if the element has none) so the rule lives in the stylesheet.
5. For CMS-driven content where spacing is set via a Rich Text block, apply global Rich Text styles in the Style panel on the Rich Text class rather than inside the editor.
6. Publish the site and verify with the axe browser extension.

<!-- BEFORE: inline spacing blocks user overrides -->
<p style="line-height: 1.4; letter-spacing: 0.05em;">Product description text</p>

<!-- AFTER: spacing lives in the stylesheet, users can override it -->
<p class="product-description">Product description text</p>

/* In your stylesheet */
.product-description {
  line-height: 1.4;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
}

What is avoid inline spacing?

Inline spacing refers to CSS properties like `line-height`, `letter-spacing`, `word-spacing`, and `margin-top`/`padding-top` (used to control text block spacing) that are written directly inside an HTML element's `style="…"` attribute rather than in a separate stylesheet. When these values are hard-coded inline, a user's browser or assistive-technology stylesheet cannot override them — even when that user has set their own spacing preferences to make text readable. WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.4.12 ("Text Spacing") requires that users can adjust those four specific spacing properties without losing content or functionality.

Roughly 1 in 5 people have a disability that affects how they read text, and many of them rely on custom browser stylesheets or accessibility extensions that increase letter spacing, line height, or word spacing to make text legible. When your store hard-codes those values inline, their overrides are silently blocked, making your content unreadable for those shoppers — driving them directly to a competitor. Beyond lost sales, WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance (which includes SC 1.4.12) is the baseline required by accessibility laws in the EU (EAA), UK (PSBAR), Canada (AODA), and increasingly enforced in the US under the ADA. Non-compliance exposes your business to legal complaints, demand letters, and lawsuits.

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