[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35391: Remove title attributes: the Posts Date column full date and time

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#35391: Remove title attributes: the Posts Date column full date and time
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 Reporter:  afercia                    |       Owner:  afercia
     Type:  defect (bug)               |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Administration             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots has-patch  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by TimothyBlynJacobs):

 In my mind, the reason the time is hidden by default, is that for most
 people in their day-to-day operations don't need to see the exact time a
 post was published or modified. It seems only relevant to people ( mostly
 publishers ) who are posting content multiple times per-day at a rapid
 frequency. When on mobile, it seems like the exact publish date is even
 less of a concern. But it is available by toggling to the excerpt view, if
 needed.

 Comments are different, you would expect ( hope :) ) to have multiple
 comments within a day, so the time becomes an important differentiating
 factor.

 Lastly, while increasing the width of the date column isn't too bad in a
 default install, once you have a couple of plugins adding extra columns to
 your posts list table, it is already incredibly cluttered and information
 dense.

 Is there a way to have the full date hidden and still be accessible
 friendly? I'm by no means an accessibility expert, so please correct me if
 I am wrong. Would it be possible to display the full post time to screen
 readers using `.screen-reader-text`, but leave the `<abbr>` tag?

 Not sure if at all it would work well, but just a thought.

 {{{#!php
 <abbr title="full date">Day <span class="screen-reader-
 text">Time</span></abbr>
 }}}

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