Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated?
violation by HTML element 269 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 269
- Tag name:
A - Text: [not applicable]
- Start tag:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="css-1lyk3d2-MediaList-link" href="https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m001ddfv"> - XPath:
/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/section[3]/div[1]/div[2]/a[6] - Bounding box: x = 1352, y = 1339, width = 111, height = 36
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 269 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