Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 1199 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the Open Secrets page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 13 days ago by job 79l on 2026-05-19 at 14:37

About HTML element 1199

• Tag name: A
• Text: Dark Money | May 13, 2026 … The same dark money groups keep turning up in redistricting fights
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05/the-same-dark-money-groups-keep-turning-up-in-redistricting-fights/" class="splide__slide" style="background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 27.86%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)) center center / cover, linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 100%), url(&quot;https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/13135539/GettyImages-2272393200.jpg&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-slide03" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="3 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[7]
• Bounding box: x = 1658, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352

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

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 1199 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Element "a" should not be focusable within the subtree of an element with an 'aria-hidden' attribute with value 'true'

   Tool: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_hidden_nontabbable