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Re: Wrap part of a word in <span>

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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Apr 26, 2021 12:09PM

I was thinking something more along the lines of:

<p aria-label="Tom Livingston">TL</p>

p:hover,
p:focus{

&::before {
content: attr(aria-label) " ";
}

}



On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:34 AM Aditya via WebAIM-Forum
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It has to be interactive element if you are adding onhover to it. Without this "non mouse" using people cannot get information.
>
> To avoid span you can use aria-label on the button. On hover and on focus you can display the last name.
>
> If you have the freedom to change experience, make it a toggle button that shows the last name on click rather than onhover. (Use aria-pressed) in that case.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 26, 2021, at 8:50 AM, Tom Livingston < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Jonathan.
> >
> > This is an internal tool for my company's employees. We all know each
> > other by initials (it's a company culture thing I guess) but in the
> > event we have multiple people with the same initials, I wanted a way
> > to clarify the name. There is also filtering based on groupings which
> > would narrow it down further.
> >
> > My initial plan was to use focus-within for keyboard as well as hover.
> >
> > If anyone has any other thoughts on how to achieve this w/o spans I'd
> > appreciate any ideas.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:43 AM Jonathan Avila
> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >>
> >> iOS with VoiceOver splits up words in spans as two swipes unless they are in a link. However, if spans are used in a link while they now appear to be one swipe with VoiceOver it likely will pronounce them separately causing the name to not sound correct.
> >>
> >> Also keep in mind for content you have to hover to expose that raises additional items related to WCAG SC 1.4.13 Content on hover. Also a proposed WCAG 2.2 criteria SC 3.2.7 Visible Controls may be applicable.
> >>
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >>