Kilotest: Violations of tab-opening link action unstated? issue for Center for Democracy and Technology contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/contact/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:47 by job 261007T1941-aey
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 742
  • Violators: 358
  • Issues: 45
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Pour + Testaro)
• Violations: 6
• Violators: 3

Violators

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

Take me there links will open the page in a new tab and try to scroll to the element and highlight it. This does not always succeed. You can return here by closing the new tab.

• Element 472

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Media inquiries: Please email press@cdt.org / eupress@cdt.org. More information is available at cdt.org/press.
  • Start tag: <p>
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[3]
  • Bounding box: x = 610, y = 490, width = 700, height = 57
  • Reported by ASLint
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• Element 475

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: press@cdt.org
  • Start tag: <a href="mailto:press@cdt.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[3]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 877, y = 492, width = 128, height = 23
  • Reported by Pour + Testaro
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• Element 478

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: eupress@cdt.org
  • Start tag: <a href="mailto:eupress@cdt.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[3]/a[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1020, y = 492, width = 150, height = 23
  • Reported by Pour + Testaro
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