2008241 - Link text truncated (Top sites/Shorctuts section > links)

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[John Northup]

Steps to Reproduce

Hover over a link with a truncated name ("…") in the Top Sites/Shortcuts section, then navigate to the same link with the keyboard.

Expected Behavior

Full link text is visible on both hover and focus.

Actual Behavior

Full link text only available on hover (via the title attribute).

User Impact

Full link text is only available via mouse hover, which relies on a sensory interaction unavailable to keyboard-only users who are not using screen readers.

WCAG 2.2 References

Best practice only.

Recommendations

Implement an on-hover/on-focus tooltip and associate it with the button using aria-describedby.

Testing Environment

Any

Assistive Technology Used

None

Code Pointers

<a class="top-site-button" href="https://www.wikipedia.org/" tabindex="0" draggable="true" data-is-sponsored-link="false" aria-label="Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia" data-l10n-args="{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Wikipedia&quot;}">
  <div class="tile" aria-hidden="true">
    <div class="icon-wrapper" data-fallback="W">
      <div class="top-site-icon rich-icon" style="background-image: url([...]);">
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="title">
    <span class="title-label" dir="auto">Wikipedia</span>
    <span class="sponsored-label" data-l10n-id="newtab-topsite-sponsored">Sponsored</span>
  </div>
</a>

Further Reference

• Deque: Tooltip Example

Comment 1

[John Northup]

Attachment: Top sites/shortcuts link using title attribute as tooltip

Comment 2

[Ardelean Oana, Desktop Test Engineering [:oardelean]]

I managed to reproduce this issue on:

• Firefox Nightly 149.0a1;
• Firefox 148.0b6;
• Firefox 147.0.1;

Tested and reproduced on:

• Windows 10;
• Ubuntu 22;
• macOS 15;

If the Weather widget is active on the about:newtab page, then the tooltip is shown on focus as well as on hover.

Setting as NEW.

Comment 3

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