[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35049: Remove title attributes: the Dashboard

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#35049: Remove title attributes: the Dashboard
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 Reporter:  afercia            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Administration     |    Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:  has-screenshots
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 See related #24766 and all the following tickets about title attributes.

 Some links in the Dashboard have title attributes with little or no
 benefit that should be removed. See in the screenshot below:

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/oBh6QUz1tu.png)]]

 '''Search Engines Discouraged'''
 The link points to the options screen where users can change this setting.
 The title attribute doesn't add any useful information. (and why the link
 text is capitalized?)

 '''Links to edit posts'''
 Comparing the Activity and Drafts widgets, only the links to edit Drafts
 have a title attribute. I'd suggest to just remove them and add to links
 in both widgets a `screen-reader-text` or `aria-label` to say "Edit {post
 name}".

 '''Popular plugin links'''
 The first link points to the Plugin page on the wp.org Plugin Directory
 but the link text is just the Plugin name so users have no clue about the
 link purpose. The second link says just "install" but actually opens the
 plugin details modal dialog so maybe it should say "Details and
 installation" or something similar.

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