Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 495 on Freedom House page

Here is how tools diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 495 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 495
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: After 20 Years of Global Decline, These Basic Freedoms Have Been Hit Hardest … March 19, 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[3]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1160, 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