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Re: Alternative to the Title attribute in Links

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From: JP Jamous
Date: Aug 26, 2017 3:08PM

Sarah,

Why not just make the link label what you want it to announce? I am unsure why you wish to complicate your design.

<a
href="/en/home?order=field_data_holding&amp;sort=asc"
class="active">Data Holding">
sort by Data Holding
</a>
1. If you are adding a background image to your link through CSS, I would fail that because you will be asking for lots of problems.
Title attribute only works with IE and not always guaranteed to work.
Tooltips are difficult for low vision users to see.