Kilotest: Violations of tab-opening link action unstated? issue for Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.pnsqc.org/about/contact/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:55 by job 261007T2138-7yc
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 512
  • Violators: 199
  • Issues: 17
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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: 5
• Violators: 4

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 33

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Home … Register Now
  • Start tag: <div class="header-menu-band hidden lg:flex items-center gap-1">
  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 493, y = 35, width = 1075, height = 50
  • Reported by ASLint
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 64

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Blog
  • Start tag: <a href="https://newsletter.pnsqc.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="header-nav-item-desktop px-2.5 py-2 text-pnsqc-slate hover:text-white transition-colors rounded-lg">
  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[3]
  • Bounding box: x = 828, y = 40, width = 56, height = 40
  • Reported by Pour + Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 131

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Home … Toggle Theme
  • Start tag: <div class="flex flex-col gap-1 pt-2 border-t border-white/10">
  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/div[2]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by ASLint
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 162

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Blog
  • Start tag: <a href="https://newsletter.pnsqc.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="header-nav-item-mobile px-3 py-2 text-pnsqc-slate hover:text-white transition-colors rounded-lg">
  • XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/div[2]/div[1]/a[3]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?