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Changes between Version 50 and Version 52 of Ticket #24766


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Timestamp:
06/03/2020 01:28:52 PM (4 years ago)
Author:
afercia
Comment:

Update: [47879] removed the title attribute used in the Posts list table for the expanded post date.

That leaves us with 16 occurrences of title attribute in the wp-admin directory. As mentioned in comment:47, some of them are legitimate and others are unused. Still to do:

  • 2 title attributes used for the Comments icon in the Posts and Media list tables header
  • 1 title attribute used in the Bulk Edit form for the "X" icon in the list of the edited posts, see #35483
  • the whole wp-includes directory: only one ticket so far, see #26562
  • title attributes in the various JavaScript files
  • title attributes in the bundled themes

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  • Ticket #24766 – Description

    v50 v52  
    55For users of assistive technologies, the title attribute is useless at best and sometimes an annoyance. Users of text-to-speech software who have configured their software to do so will hear the title attribute twice. 
    66
    7 Essentially the extensive use of title attributes throughout Wordpress Core amounts to unnecessary code bloat.
     7Essentially the extensive use of title attributes throughout WordPress Core amounts to unnecessary code bloat.
    88
    99I recommend eliminating the title attributes from all of the methods below: