Altinn / Altinn/app-frontend-react
WCAG: That a link take you out of the app (external) are only communicated trough an icon
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 21
- Forks
- 33
- Avg merge
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Description
### Description of the bug
When using links that go out of the app it is common to have an arrow icon on the end of the link to indicate that you are leaving the page you are currently on if you use the link. But this information should also be communicated to screen readers.
This is handled on Altinn.no today and should be handled in similar way for Altinn 3 apps.
[Example from Altinn.no:](https://www.altinn.no/om-altinn/hva-er-altinn/)

### Steps To Reproduce
Use a screen reader on an external link in an application
There should be no indication that you are leaving the area you are in.
### Additional Information
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the frontend component or entry point that renders external links, then compare its accessible output with the Altinn.no example linked in the issue. Done means a screen reader receives an indication that the link leaves the current app or page, in addition to the visual arrow icon.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100