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An HTML element used to mark-up abbreviations (and acronyms in HTML5, too).

abbr is an HTML element used to mark-up abbreviations (and acronyms in HTML5, too).

Example:

<abbr title="et cetera">etc.</abbr>

Specifications

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and WCAG 2.0

Just wondering if someone can help me understand abbreviations in WCAG 2.0. In WCAG 1.0, you only needed to use abbr/acronym on the first element on the page of an abbreviation. Now in WCAG 2.0, Guideline 3.1.4 do you need to apply it to all…
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Is it possible to nest tag inside a title attribute?

This issue is about accessibility (508) compliance. I have a link with a title attribute that shows up in a tool tip. Within that tool tip is the abbreviation "Dr." In order to have a screen reader say "doctor" instead of "dur", I have to wrap…
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How do you view tags on mobile devices?

We often use the tag in HTML like this LOL When on PC, we hover our mouse long enough on LOL and the Laugh Out Loud tooltip(kinda thing) shows up. What do we do on PHONES to see the title of the …
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Hawaiian diacriticals

Should you use an aria label within an abbreviation? Example, UH is the abbreviation for University of Hawaiʻi. In locations where there is a use of diacritical marks, I am using an aria-label. But does it make sense to use the aria-label within the…
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Is Microformat's date-value-pattern fully accessible?

Has there been an announcement (outside microformats.org) that the value-class-pattern is fully accessible? e.g. given this Tuesday, will a screen reader say "24 June 2008" or will it say "2008 dash 6…
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Hover text in table heading cell

Is there a semantically correct way of showing a tooltip in a table header cell that explains something about the column's data? My table looks like this: --------------------- | URL | Pageviews | --------------------- | url/1 | 5 / 20 …
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How can I select element that has specific value for 'abbr' attribute with jquery

Part of my html is :
Texti inside the div
Text outside the div any others I dont care about And I am trying to select "Text outside the div" which is inside…
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how to make proper selection through tag?

following is my xml code: world health organizationwho was founded in 1948. in above code i want xslt output as: who i wrote following XSLT code:
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Is there a way to set attribute with URL as a value to ABBR tag?

Is there a standards-compliant way to set attribute with URL as a value to ABBR tag? CSS I need something similar, but valid... It should NOT be…
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Use the title= HTML attribute with RMarkdown

I am trying to understand if it is possible to insert the HTML title= attribute (not necessarily inside an tag) within an RMarkdown document (e.g. a blog post written through blogdown) From W3C: the title attribute specifies extra information…
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Recoloring tag title in Bootstrap 4

I'm trying to style an abbr tag's title in Bootstrap 4. But I'm having troubles cause I can't find how to override bootstrap.css. Currently, I am doing this, but the tooltip is not changed: abbr[title]::after { /* content: " (" attr(title) ")";…
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Remove ellipsis from required fields

I am having trouble removing the ellipsis (3 dots) from my required input fields using CSS: If you go to the website and add something to the cart then go to the checkout page you will be able to inspect the current CSS we have, which is based on…
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help: multiline abbr in linux vi?

Possible Duplicate: Writing a vim function to insert a block of static text How can i add multi line abbreviations in vi editor ? I am using vi from ssh terminal. if i type "head " the vi should replace "head" with 2 line sentence in the format…
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Get abbr inside element

I have this: L I need to access the abbr and change the innerHTML and title. How do I do that? I tried doing... jQuery('.day-heading mon > abbr'); but I can't modify the…
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How to control abbr tag timing?

How to control abbr tag so that I can not only change the title but also the time, when the message in the title appears? Do I need to use php or js to do so?
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