Editing User:Pharap/Wiki Improvement Proposals (section)

=== Abbreviation Template ===

{{
User:Pharap/Templates/Improvement Proposal Box
|reference=IP-004
|type=Template
|status=Unimplemented
}}

==== Summary ====

This would function very much like the [[#Hover Template|aforementioned <code><nowiki>{{hover}}</nowiki></code> template]], but would instead rely on the <code><nowiki><abbr></nowiki></code> HTML element.

==== Reasoning ====

While the observable functionality is identical to <code><nowiki>{{hover}}</nowiki></code>, there would be a distinct semantic difference that may be of use to external tools, or perhaps to screenreaders.

Note, from [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/abbr#attributes Mozilla's documentation]:

<blockquote>
The title attribute has a specific semantic meaning when used with the <abbr> element; it must contain a full human-readable description or expansion of the abbreviation. This text is often presented by browsers as a tooltip when the mouse cursor is hovered over the element.
</blockquote>

==== Example ====

* Dictionary Abbreviations:
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=noun|abbreviation=n.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=adjective|abbreviation=adj.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=preposition|abbreviation=prep.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=prefix|abbreviation=pre.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=suffix|abbreviation=suf.}}

==== Implementation ====

The implementation would use the <code><nowiki><abbr></nowiki></code> {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|abbreviation=HTTP|full=HyperText Markup Language}} element and its <code>title</code> attribute.

See <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> for a functional implementation.