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

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Mar 3, 2018 1:13PM

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

So it's information that's important enough to be displayed to mouse users
but not to keyboard or touch users?

Your intention is unclear to me.


On Saturday, 3 March 2018, Jonathan Robert Pool < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> > 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> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> > > > >


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