[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35313: Remove title attributes: Posts, Pages, and CPTs screens

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#35313: Remove title attributes: Posts, Pages, and CPTs screens
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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:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 See related #24766 and all the following tickets about title attributes.

 In `edit.php`, the item title link and the action links have title
 attributes that mostly repeat the information already provided by the
 links.

 Title attributes that say "this item" don't help so much sighted users
 since they can actually see what item these links refers to. On the other
 hand, for accessibility these links should provide more information and
 make sense even when read out of context.

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/--PeMMzG7b.png)]]

 I'd propose to simply remove all the title attributes and use `aria-label`
 attributes as done for other similar screens (e.g. Plugins).

 A special case in these screens is the Published date: in the "List View"
 there's an abbreviation with a title attribute that repeats the date and
 adds the time. In the "Excerpt View", the time is displayed in plain text
 next to the date. Pages don't have the "Excerpt View".

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/ewptMGK9HM.png)]]

 Worth reminding title attributes on not-focusable elements won't be
 announced by screen readers. Please also consider touch devices, tablet,
 smartphones, where title attributes are hardly useful.

 If the published time is a relevant information, I'd say it should be
 displayed in plain text. [https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2013/01
 /using-the-html-title-attribute-updated/ Title attributes are the best way
 to hide content from users] :)

 By the way, I guess this would need some discussion so I'll open a
 separate ticket.

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