Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated?
violation by HTML element 589 on Portland General Electric page
Basics
About the Portland General Electric page
- URL: https://portlandgeneral.com/
- Tested 38 days ago by job
9pnon 2026-04-24 at 19:42
About HTML element 589
- Tag name:
A - Text: [not applicable]
- Start tag:
<a class="MuiButtonBase-root MuiIconButton-root css-1vu2yqv MuiIconButton-colorInherit MuiIconButton-sizeSmall" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" href="https://instagram.com/portlandgeneral" target="_blank" aria-label="instagram"> - XPath:
/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[6]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/a[2] - Bounding box: x = 1405, y = 2786, width = 30, height = 30
About the tab-opening link action unstated?
issue
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
Diagnoses
Here is how tools diagnose the tab-opening link action unstated?
issue for HTML element 589 of the Portland General Electric page.
- Check that this link's link text contains information indicating that the link will open in a new window.
Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)
Rule:
W-WCAG2AAA.Principle3.Guideline3_2.3_2_5.H83.3 - Link has a target=_blank attribute
Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)
Rule:
linkExt