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Opened 4 years ago
Closed 6 weeks ago
#6301 closed enhancement (worksforme)
Make link in handbook about contribution to core open in a new tab
| Reported by: | NekoJonez | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Handbooks | Keywords: | |
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Description
Today I helped fixing a typo in core and I followed the info in the link: https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/contribute/git/github-pull-requests-for-code-review/#in-github
Now, I was surprised that the links of "fork this repo" didn't open in a new tab. It might help new users if it's opened in a new tab so people can still easily go back to the info in the handbook.
Change History (3)
This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #accessibility by nekojonez. View the logs.
4 years ago
#3
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6 weeks ago
- Resolution → worksforme
- Status new → closed
Thanks for the report! Opening links in new tabs without the user's choice is an accessibility issue (see WCAG 3.2.2 and the docs team's best practices), it disorients assistive-technology users and breaks the back button. Users who prefer a new tab can middle-click or ctrl/cmd+click, while the reverse isn't possible if we force target="_blank".
There is an accessibility disadvantage to opening up links in new tabs without the user wanting this.