Kilotest: Diagnoses of aria attribute invalid violation by HTML element 994 on EarthShare page

Here is how tools diagnose the aria attribute invalid issue for HTML element 994 of the EarthShare page.

Basics

• About the aria attribute invalid issue
  • Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
  • Priority: highest
  • Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• About the EarthShare page
  • URL: https://www.earthshare.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:23
• About HTML element 994
  • Tag name: ASIDE
  • Text: English
  • Start tag: <aside data-wg-notranslate="" class="country-selector weglot-dropdown weglot-default wg- weglot-invert" tabindex="0" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Language selected: English">
  • XPath: /html/body/aside[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1795, y = 1041, width = 85, height = 39

Diagnoses

1. The attribute is not allowed for the element on which it is specified

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r18

2. [failed] The `aria-expanded` property is neither inherited nor supported by the `role` complementary.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R25