USWDS - Link: Update placement and allow for opt out #5942

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8. brunerae commented on May 30, 2024

   

   brunerae

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   Passing this to the A11Y team (@amycole501 / @alex-hull ) to confirm if this is something you all think makes sense to pursue. Your action items:

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11. amycole501 commented on Jun 5, 2024

    

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    I agree that the "external link" or warning of opening in a new window needs to come after the link is announced to improve clarity. While the issue isn't a blocker for users, it is at least possibly confusing. Moving the announcement to the end of the link announcement will sound more like "Visit our website link name (link opens in a new window") which makes more sense to English speakers and users of English assistive tech.
12. aduth commented on Jan 7, 2025

    

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    Allow developers who have a custom implementation the option to easily remove label .

    To support this, and continuing my original comment's context of our needing to support multilingual labels, I wonder if the existing theme option could be expanded to support different value types, such as:

    • A string to override the default label (currently supported)
      • Example: $theme-external-link-sr-label-tab-new: "opens new tab"
    • A false value to disable the screen reader label
      • Example: $theme-external-link-sr-label-tab-new: false
    • A map of locale ➡️ label values, applied with [lang] selector
      • Example: $theme-external-link-sr-label-tab-new: ("en": "opens new tab", "es": "abrir nueva pestaña")

    Here's an example implementation: b5a332a...aduth:aduth-external-link-multilingual

    (Not opening a pull request yet since it doesn't resolve the label placement after link, which is more difficult to solve)
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16. chandracarney commented on Sep 10, 2026

    

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    In June, we discussed that this needs a quick further look. Here are our initial thoughts:

    • Needs research / verification / investigation by someone with accessibility expertise.
    • Possible light engineering to make the update, and a light review from another engineer.
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