Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated?
violation by HTML element 402 on Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page
Basics
About the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page
- URL: https://www.iatp.org/
- Tested 38 days ago by job
s2zon 2026-04-24 at 19:46
About HTML element 402
- Tag name:
A - Text: [not applicable]
- Start tag:
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/iatp_/" target="_blank" class="instagram"> - XPath:
/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/footer[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[3]/a[1] - Bounding box: x = 370, y = 3951, width = 44, height = 44
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 402 of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy 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