Read more about why you need this in this excellent article: https://adrianroselli.com/2016/12/accessible-emoji-tweaked.html
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Accessible emoji react/emotion component
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <link crossorigin="anonymous" media="all" rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" /> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <span role="img" aria-label="A magic wand" tabIndex="0" class="emoji">🪄</span> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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| .emoji { | |
| position: relative; | |
| } | |
| .emoji:focus:after, | |
| .emoji:hover:after { | |
| content: attr(aria-label); | |
| position: absolute; | |
| display: block; | |
| z-index: 1; | |
| bottom: 100%; | |
| left: 0; | |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); | |
| font-weight: normal; | |
| padding: 0.6em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; | |
| border-radius: 0.5em; | |
| box-shadow: 0 0 0.2em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); | |
| background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); | |
| color: #fff; | |
| text-align: center; | |
| font-size: 0.8rem; | |
| opacity: 0; | |
| animation: fadeIn 0.1s ease-out 0.3s 1 forwards; | |
| white-space: nowrap; | |
| } | |
| @media print { | |
| .emoji:after { | |
| content: " (" attr(aria-label) ") "; | |
| font-size: 0.75em; | |
| font-weight: normal; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| @media (prefers-reduced-motion) { | |
| .emoji:focus:after, | |
| .emoji:hover:after { | |
| animation: fadeIn 0s ease-out 0s 1 forwards; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| @keyframes fadeIn { | |
| from { | |
| bottom: -0.5em; | |
| opacity: 0; | |
| } | |
| to { | |
| bottom: 100%; | |
| opacity: 1; | |
| } | |
| } |
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