Kilotest: Violations of tab-opening link action unstated issue for Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, surprising a user
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the tab-opening link action unstated issue.

• Element 1459

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/opensecrets/" target="_blank">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[6]/section[1]/div[2]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 862, y = 4380, width = 748, height = 428
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?