Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated?
violation by HTML element 1070 on Centre for Effective Altruism page
Basics
About the Centre for Effective Altruism page
- URL: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
- Tested 38 days ago by job
6gwon 2026-04-24 at 21:54
About HTML element 1070
- Tag name:
A - Text:
Effective Ventures
- Start tag:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="css-yrdoj2-Footer-link-Footer-underline" href="https://ev.org/"> - XPath:
/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[3] - Bounding box: x = 320, y = 8011, width = 537, height = 34
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 1070 of the Centre for Effective Altruism 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