Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 475 on Freedom House page

Here is how tools diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 475 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 475
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Iran’s Internet Blackout and the Authoritarian Playbook … March 23, 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[2]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 790, y = 3251, width = 340, height = 346

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