[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16819: Accessibility: Internal Linking behaviour in Editor / TinyMCE

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#16819: Accessibility: Internal Linking behaviour in Editor / TinyMCE
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 Reporter:  stencil      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Editor       |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  accessibility, javascript
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Comment (by rianrietveld):

 As the accessibility concerns:

 I agree on the not pre-populate the title field. For a11y it would be even
 better to let the title field out all together, but not pre-populate is
 already a good enough improvement I think, then it's up to the content
 manager, but not wrong by default.

 Most screen readers don't read the title attribute, and if a content
 manager adds info there different from the link test, the  screen reader
 users mis that information. But I think there will be huge resistance when
 we remove the title tag all together.

 But a link text the same as the title attribute is useless for everybody

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