Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 277 on Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the Center for Democracy and Technology page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 27 days ago by job 78w on 2026-05-05 at 17:27

About HTML element 277

• Tag name: A
• Text: Sign up.
• Start tag: <a href="https://cdt.org/email-signup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/section[7]/div[3]/div[1]/p[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1002, y = 3898, width = 349, height = 58

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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 277 of the Center for Democracy and Technology 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