Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 530 on Hesperian Health Guides page

Basics

About the Hesperian Health Guides page

• URL: https://hesperian.org/
• Tested 4 days ago by job glp on 2026-05-28 at 22:54

About HTML element 530

• Tag name: A
• Text: DONATE
• Start tag: <a style="color:#F0A82C;" href="https://hesperian.org/donate/" target="_blank">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[9]/div[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/p[1]/b[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 50, y = 2686, width = 74, height = 22

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 530 of the Hesperian Health Guides 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