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Links that open in new tabs/windows should be tagged for assistive technology #10654

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Accessibility requirement:

Links that open in a new tab or a new window should either have an "aria-label" attribute or a screen-reader only element explaining to the screen-readers that this opens in a new tab.

This happens on every link that goes to another website. Here is an example: Example page (see attachment)

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Reproducible demo

You can see this on https://docusaurus.io/

Steps to reproduce

You can see the error by scanning the Docusaurs.io site with accessible: https://accessibe.com/accessscan?website=https://docusaurus.io/

Expected behavior

Pass accessibility scans

Actual behavior

Fails scans

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Self-service

  • I'd be willing to fix this bug myself.

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    bugAn error in the Docusaurus core causing instability or issues with its executiondomain: a11yRelated to accessibility concerns of the default theme

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