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Re: Hidden text more robust than title?

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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Jul 14, 2017 1:40PM

Hey Brian, after our discussion we decided that since the title attribute is still being relayed as an accessible description for links (confirmed through MSAA object inspect and NVDA) it is OK to use it in this context. It becomes a problem when we use it for a text input in place of an accessible name.

Nick

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Subject: [WebAIM] Hidden text more robust than title?

Which is more robust, the title attribute or visually hidden text?

<a href="some/url" title="opens in a new window">read more</a>

<a href="some/url">read more <span class="css_clipping"> opens in a new window</span></a>

I have felt that the title attribute was not fully supported by AT, but I don't actually know of any specific situations where it would fail.

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