[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40733: The new links in the News dashboard widget need to inform users they open in a new window

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#40733: The new links in the News dashboard widget need to inform users they open
in a new window
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 Reporter:  afercia            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Administration     |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:  has-screenshots
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 The revamped News dashboard widget (a.k.a "Nearby events" widget) just
 merged in [40607], introduces three new link that use the attribute
 `target="_blank"`

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/wFhJDJifmv.png)]]

 Regardless if links that open in a new window use an icon to give some
 visual feedback (although the doubt here is about the meaning of the icon:
 external? opens in a new window? both?) they always need some accessible
 text to inform screen reader users they open in a new window.

 This issue is a long standing one and already discussed in #23432.
 Recently, we've started removing a few `target="_blank"` where it made
 sense, and adding some hidden text, for example in [40422], following the
 pattern used in [38829].

 I'd like to propose to follow the same pattern here and add the same text,
 with just a small change. The current string is: `(link opens in a new
 window)` however the word `link` is redundant because screen readers
 already announce `link` for an `a` element.

 Note that the brackets around the text make screen readers do a little
 pause, which is a good thing when a link gets announced, for example:
 `link Meetups {brief pause} opens in a new window`.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40733>
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