Fix · Minor · cleanup pass
How to fix: redundant title attributes
Hover tooltips redundantly repeat visible text or hide critical info from keyboard users. title is invisible to keyboard and many touch users; never the only source of important info.
- WCAG references
- 2.4.6
- Severity
- Minor
What it looks like in the wild
Hover tooltips redundantly repeat visible text or hide critical info from keyboard users.
The screen-reader user, keyboard user, or low-vision user encountering this issue does not get an error message. The page just stops working for them. Which is why this kind of bug rarely shows up in your error tracker; it shows up in support tickets, lawsuits, and abandoned conversions.
Why it fails WCAG
title is invisible to keyboard and many touch users; never the only source of important info.
Map this back to 2.4.6 when you log the bug. Auditors and procurement teams expect that mapping; "broken" is not enough context.
The wrong pattern (avoid)
<button title="Submit">Submit</button>The right pattern (copy this)
<button>Submit</button>Notes from real audits
title is acceptable for icon-only controls only when paired with aria-label.
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