Kilotest: Diagnoses of aria attribute invalid violation by HTML element 298 on Freedom of the Press Foundation page

Here is how tools diagnose the aria attribute invalid issue for HTML element 298 of the Freedom of the Press Foundation 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 Freedom of the Press Foundation page
  • URL: https://freedom.press/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:24
• About HTML element 298
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: PAUSE ANIMATION … GETTY IMAGES/Alex Kent
  • Start tag: <div aria-roledescription="carousel" aria-label="Header images" class="carousel">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/div[2]/homepage-carousel[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 260, y = 665, width = 1400, height = 740

Diagnoses

1. Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r18

2. Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r18

3. [failed] The `aria-roledescription` property is neither inherited nor supported by the `role` generic.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R25

4. [failed] The `aria-label` property is neither inherited nor supported by the `role` generic.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R25

5. aria-roledescription is used on elements without a semantic role.

   Tool: WallyAX (Wally)

   Rule: Apply aria-roledescription only to elements with a valid ARIA role.