Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 864 on Deque page

Basics

About the Deque page

• URL: https://www.deque.com/
• Tested 23 days ago by job 7tz on 2026-05-09 at 16:37

About HTML element 864

• Tag name: A
• Text: GitHub
• Start tag: <a href="https://github.com/dequelabs/" target="_blank" class="text-deque-white text-body-base leading-4.5 mb-0 hover:bg-deque-orange-500 focus:bg-deque-orange-500 rounded-sm underline hover:-mx-1 hover:px-1 focus:-mx-1 focus:px-1">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[4]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1546, y = 7062, width = 53, height = 20

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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 864 of the Deque 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