Hello Bob & all,
I'm not clear that this customization to copy the link element's text
into the title attribute should be the default behavior. It was my
understanding that the title attribute was meant to add information
about the target of the link. It would seem to me that copying the
text of the link into the title attribute is not useful for that
purpose. I mean, the text is present in the link element, and would
be read by the screen reader. Duplicating that text in the title
attribute would be redundant, wouldn't it?
Yes it would be redundant and highly undesirable from an accessibility
point of view to have link text duplicated in title-attribute, esp. as
default behaviour.
I just have been getting up-to-date on this topic via accessibility
lists and literature:
Actually, the very best practice with links is to have a descriptive
word or phrase as the visible link text (including an accessible
indication if the link is site external).
Since title-tag visibility is very variable between user agents
(browser,screen reader + indiv. settings) and user requirements (e.g.
low vision: title tooltip text doesn't resize),
the information in title should, in the best case, be a dispensable bit
of extra information.
HTH
Nathalie
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