Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 1208 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 1208

• Tag name: A
• Text: Campaign finance | May 05, 2026 … The State of Disclosure: A conversation with Tennessee’s executive director of ethics and campaign finance
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05/the-state-of-disclosure-a-conversation-with-tennessees-executive-director-of-ethics-and-campaign-finance/" 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/2026/05/05132159/YouTube-Thumbnail-Campaign-Finance-Disclosure-TN.png&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-slide06" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="6 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[10]
• Bounding box: x = 3680, 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 1208 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