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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Nov 18, 2013 6:29AM

Hi Nancy,

this may be of help
http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2013/01/using-the-html-title-attribute-updated/

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Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;


On 18 November 2013 13:09, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm confused: When it is appropriate to use the title attribute. Can
> someone clarify?
>
> According to the following article it is ok to use it as an
> alternative to the clip property
> http://juicystudio.com/article/hidden-label-firefox-bug.php
>
> This from w3c
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H65.html
>
>
> I've always stayed away from it because it is a mouse event and I
> didn't think all screen readers read the title tag by default.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nancy
> > > >