Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 1211 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 1211

• Tag name: A
• Text: Finance | May 18, 2026 … Uber poured millions into political spending to back ‘No Tax on Tips’
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05/uber-poured-millions-into-political-spending-to-back-no-tax-on-tips/" class="splide__slide splide__slide--clone is-active" 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/2026/05/18153745/GettyImages-2273619939.jpg&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone05" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="1 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[11]
• Bounding box: x = 4354, y = 2074, width = 626, height = 392

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 1211 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