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Re: "Naming Generic Landmarks" errors reported by Siteimprove extension

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From: Jonathan Robert Pool
Date: Mar 3, 2018 12:42PM

> From: "Birkir R. Gunnarsson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] "Naming Generic Landmarks" errors reported by Siteimprove extension
> Date: 3 March, 2018 at 06:09:14 PST
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> If you provide a source of accessible name (and the title attribute is
> a valid one) it is a named landmark, so it should not be reported as a
> violation.
>
> I've reported this bug to them

> The only thing to note here is that even when the title attribute is a
> source of accessible name for landmarks its support by user agents may
> not be as strong as for the aria-label or aria-labelledby attributes.

Thanks much for this additional information.

> From: Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] "Naming Generic Landmarks" errors reported by Siteimprove extension
> Date: 3 March, 2018 at 06:30:52 PST
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
>
> Also note that using the title attribute will result in a tooltip being
> displayed whenever the users has their mouse pointer of content with the
> section

Yes, in this case that is an intended behavior, and that's why I chose to use a title attribute.