Tool tip for dashboard menus

[shahpranaf]

I think when we collapse wordpress menu bar, tool-tip should be there when user hovers on it. For eg. comment icon, Collapse menu. When user hovers, it should show what this icon is for.

[shahpranaf]

Patch file for getting tooltip for menus

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: #24766

[helen]

Thanks for the patch, shahpranaf. Using title attributes here is not a viable option, as it is actually detrimental for screen readers (see #24766, for example) and it would cause the tooltip for all items, even when not collapsed. They also only show on hover, which doesn't exist on touch devices, many of which get the collapsed menu by default, so it doesn't help in that context, either.

If the icons aren't clear enough as to what they do, perhaps we need to evaluate that instead? What is the problem you'd like to solve?

[shahpranaf]

Hi,
Yes icons are not clear enough. For eg. On desktop, when we collapse menu, the icons for post, page and custom post types are same. User have to hover that portion to know what that icon indicates. So its true that title attribute will not be useful. So have to think some other solution for it.
Thanks

[chriscct7]

Page and post have unique icons as of 4.3. Further CPTS should register a custom icon. Closing as worksforme