- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 00:41:25 +0200
- To: Ramón Corominas <listas@ramoncorominas.com>
- Cc: "Phil Spencer" <spencer_phil@hotmail.com>, "ax interest list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Fri, 11 May 2012 23:26:09 +0200, Ramón Corominas <listas@ramoncorominas.com> wrote: > Hi, Charles and all, > >>> the title attribute is not keyboard-accessible (IMO this would > >> be a failure of the SC 2.1.1 and SC 3.3.2). >> That's true. But should be filed as a bug, or fixed. I wrote an >> extension for Opera that sort of fixes it - >> http://my.opera.com/chaals/blog/keytitle-extension - this could be done >> in more or less any browser. > > Yes and no. This can be done for focusable elements, but not for a > generic-non-focusable element. Of course, it can be argued that all > input elements are focusable, Using opera by keyboard, *all* elements are focusable. (At the same time, this was really a proof of concept, not a production-level golden solution) > but there are other cases where titles are used to convey information > that is not reached by sighted users (for example, titles used to expand > abbreviations/acronyms). > >> Although then you need to ensure that people will install it, which is >> a different question... > > And that is a big issue! Anyway, maybe in the future all browsers will > support keyboard accessible titles. Right. That will be nice... cheers -- Charles 'chaals' McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg kan noen norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.com
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