Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 140 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 6gw on 2026-04-24 at 21:54

About HTML element 140

• Tag name: A
• Text: EA Forum
• Start tag: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="css-us04z3-NavItem-root" href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[8]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 913, y = 318, width = 81, height = 19

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 140 of the Centre for Effective Altruism page.

1. 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

2. Link has a target=_blank attribute

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkExt