Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 912 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 912

• Tag name: A
• Text: What are the most important moral problems of our time? … Will MacAskill at TED
• Start tag: <a dir="auto" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="css-9web4w-Card-wrapper-Card-link" href="https://www.ted.com/talks/will_macaskill_what_are_the_most_important_moral_problems_of_our_time">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/section[8]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 420, y = 4970, width = 328, height = 300

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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 912 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