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Re: Placeholder and Accessible Name Computation

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From: Steve Green
Date: May 9, 2019 3:12AM

Perhaps step I is intended for non-HTML languages where the tooltip is provided by some means other than the "title" attribute.

Steve

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Placeholder and Accessible Name Computation

That sentence in step D has always bothered me.

"Otherwise, if the current node's native markup provides an attribute (e.g.
title)"

Why is the TITLE attribute given as an example in step D as a text alternative? If you continue through the calculation to step I (eye), you finally get to the lonely tooltip attribute, which is also the TITLE attribute. So it's a bit confusing on when the TITLE attribute should be used. Step D or step I?