Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 455 on Freedom House page

Here is how tools diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 455 of the Freedom House page.

Basics

• About the focusable element hidden issue
  • Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
  • Priority: highest
  • Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• About the Freedom House page
  • URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:24
• About HTML element 455
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Q&A: Persecuted for Her Work in Turkey, Journalist Sofya Alagaş Won’t Be Silenced … April 2, 2026
  • Start tag: <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-card ds-1col clearfix article-card">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[4]/div[5]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 420, y = 3251, width = 340, height = 412

Diagnoses

1. Using <code><code>aria-hidden="true"</code></code> on a visible focusable element will result in some users focusing on 'nothing'

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: misused_aria_on_focusable_element