Warning about links opening in new windows

  • Resolved tactics

    (@tactics)


    6 months, 2 weeks ago

    I have a suggestion/request for the accessibility checker:

    The title/aria-label in links which open in a new window which gets flagged is too specific. For example, I have a link on my page that looks like this and it gets a warning:

    <a href="..." target="_blank" aria-label="Visit us on Twitter in a new tab">

    Suggestion: change the text it looks for from “opens in new tab/window” to simply “new tab/window”.

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Author williampatton

    (@williampatton)

    Hey @tactics,

    Thanks for the feature request. I have opened an issue on our github for consideration and discussion with the team about if/how we can implement this. Do you have any idea about what added value this brings to the plugin and other users so that I can add to that issue?

    Feel free to continue the conversation here in the forums or on github, whichever is easiest for you.

    Thanks again!

    Plugin Author williampatton

    (@williampatton)

    Hey @tactics,

    I just wanted to let you know that we worked on this feature request and just released it in version 1.13.1 of the plugin. It should now allow your example links to pass without flagging them. Let me know if you test it and confirm.

    Thanks for the feature request and enjoy the rest of your week!

    Thread Starter tactics

    (@tactics)

    Thanks, but it still flags:

    Link Opens New Window or Tab

    Affected Code

    <a class="twitter" aria-label="Visit us on X in a new tab" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>Ignore

    <a class="linkedin" aria-label="Visit us on LinkedIn in a new tab" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-linkedin"></i></a>

    Additionally, it’s flagging my page for not having any sub-headings, which is completely wrong. See page here:

    https://axxs.io/

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