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Re: Providing accessible names with <title>
From: Mark Magennis
Date: Sep 7, 2023 9:58AM
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"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49402">Yeti: "Re: Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><a href="mail_thread?thread=10860">View all messages in this Thread</a></li> </ul> <hr> Nick, when you say the <title> attribute provides some benefit for certain users, do you mean that browsers sometimes generate tooltips containing it? If so, I wouldn't refer to this as a benefit because if a button needs a tooltip, and in my opinion all icon-only buttons do need tooltips, then the browser-generated tooltip will only be displayed by some browsers and support is dwindling. It used to be only Firefox that didn't display a tooltip with the <title> but now I believe it's Chrome and Edge as well. So this isn't a reliable method of providing a benefit and if it is needed it can't really be called a benefit.<br /> <br /> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > on behalf of Nick Bromley < <EMAIL REMOVED> ><br /> Sent: Thursday 7 September 2023 10:35<br /> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> ><br /> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WebAIM] Providing accessible names with <title><br /> <br /> [You don't often get email from <EMAIL REMOVED> . Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ]<br /> <br /> I think the vast majority of the user group of this particular site are likely to be using non-ancient tech, but I think I'll still log a recommendation to update the naming approach while still retaining the <title> attribute as it does provide some benefit for certain users. Good point about use of hidden text.<br /> <br /> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49405">Yeti: "Re: Form fields in a sentence"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49403">Mark Magennis: "Form fields in a sentence"</a></li> <li><strong>Next message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49407">Nick Bromley: "Re: Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49402">Yeti: "Re: Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><a href="mail_thread?thread=10860&id=49404#49404">View all messages in this Thread</a></li> </ul> </div> </article> <!-- --> <aside id="articlemeta"> </aside> </main> <footer> <div id="footerresources"> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="copyright">©2024 WebAIM</h2> <p id="contact">Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice<br> Utah State University<br> 6807 Old Main Hill<br> Logan, UT 84322-6807<br> <a class="phone" href="tel:4357977024">435.797.7024</a></p> <div id="checkpage"> <h2>Check Your Accessibility</h2> <form action="https://wave.webaim.org/report" novalidate> <label for="waveurl">Web site address:</label> <input type="url" id="waveurl" name="url" title="Web site address"> <input type="submit" value="WAVE"> </form> </div> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="blog">From the Blog</h2> <ul><li><a href="/blog/severity-ratings/">Using Severity Ratings to Prioritize Web Accessibility Remediation</a></li><li><a href="/blog/25-tips/">25 Accessibility Tips to Celebrate 25 Years</a></li><li><a href="/blog/celebrating-webaims-25th-anniversary/">Celebrating WebAIM's 25th Anniversary</a></li><li><a href="/blog/introducing-ncademi/">Introducing NCADEMI: The National Center on Accessible Digital Educational Materials & Instruction </a></li></ul> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="popular">Popular Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/training/virtual">WebAIM Training</a></li> <li><a href="/standards/wcag/checklist">WCAG 2 Checklist</a></li> <li><a href="/newsletter">WebAIM Monthly Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/contrastchecker">Color Contrast Checker</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/designers/">Web Accessibility for Designers</a></li> <li><a href="http://wave.webaim.org/">WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footerlinks"> <ul> <li><a id="footercontact" href="/contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a id="footerabout" href="/about">About</a></li> <li><a id="footerrss" href="/community/rss">RSS Feeds</a></li> <li><a id="footertwit" href="http://twitter.com/webaim">Twitter</a></li> <li><a id="footercopyright" href="/copyright">Copyright & Terms of Use</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>