APLN Moderator

I would caution against using the abbr element with the title attribute (especially for text that is not an abbreviation since that might mislead the reader). According to DAISY Knowledge Base:

“A drawback of using the abbr element is that the expansion may only be available to users of assistive technologies. Although using the title attribute will produce a tooltip when a mouse is hovered over the abbreviation, readers may not be using a reading system with a pointing device.”

For AT users, the repetition of the text in the title attribute followed by the text content it elaborates on might hinder the reading experience.

September 11, 2023 at 4:36 pm