The element should actually do something
« The fate of “small” open source 14 Dec The <time> element should actually do something Posted December 14, 2025 by Nolan Lawson in accessibility, Web. Tagged: html5. Leave a Comment A common UI pattern is something like this: Post published 4 hours ago People do lots of stuff with that “4 hours ago.” They might make it a permalink: Post published <a href=”/posts/123456″>4 hours ago</a> Or they might give it a tooltip to show the exact datetime upon hover/focus: Post published <Tooltip content=”December 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM PST”> 4 hours ago </Tooltip> Note: I’m assuming some Tooltip component written in your favorite framework, e.g. React, Svelte, Vue, etc. There’s also the bleeding-edge popover=”hint” and Interest Invokers…
