Kilotest: Diagnoses of button name not visible violation by HTML element 577 on Portland State University page

Basics

About the Portland State University page

• URL: https://www.pdx.edu/
• Tested 24 days ago by job j3n on 2026-05-08 at 15:59

About HTML element 577

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Apply … CONTACT
• Start tag: <div class="align-self-center text-center search-buttons-desktop order-1 order-lg-5 d-none d-lg-block">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/nav[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[5]
• Bounding box: x = 1842, y = 46, width = 78, height = 68

About the button name not visible issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the button name not visible issue for HTML element 577 of the Portland State University page.

1. The button content has only whitespaces. Having only defined an attribute aria-label="Site-search toggle button" is not sufficient and it is recommended to have the content instead, e.g. at least visually hidden, but exposed to assisitve technologies. Some users are disabling styles for better readability, and also description from attribute is not available for automatic translators.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: empty_button_description

2. The button content has only whitespaces. Having only defined an attribute aria-label="Toggle search" is not sufficient and it is recommended to have the content instead, e.g. at least visually hidden, but exposed to assisitve technologies. Some users are disabling styles for better readability, and also description from attribute is not available for automatic translators.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: empty_button_description