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Re: Links that open new windows and/or go off site

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Mar 18, 2022 1:11PM

The closest you get in WCAG is SC 3.2.5 - change on request, which is level AAA.
If you plan to meet that in full, not only do you have to warn the
user, you also have to let the user change that setting (i.e. user has
the choice to open the link in the same window), but you typically
have a lot of leeway adopting level AAA guidance.


On 3/18/22, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> No, because the change of context is not caused by changing the setting of a
> user interface component. It is caused by clicking a link.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Tom
> Livingston
> Sent: 18 March 2022 14:18
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Links that open new windows and/or go off site
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> In light of the below, and I would interpret this as a change of context,
> does this mean then that we DO need to notify a user of the change before it
> happens?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 9:26 AM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>>
>> The definition of a change of context specifically includes a change of
>> viewport. A new window is one example of a change of viewport.
>>
>> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/on-input.html#dfn-changes-
>> of-context
>>
>> Steve
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