Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 1220 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 1220

• Tag name: A
• Text: Ballot Measure | May 12, 2026 … Healthcare union and tech titans pour millions into battle over California’s billionaire tax proposal
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05/healthcare-union-and-tech-titans-pour-millions-into-battle-over-californias-billionaire-tax-proposal/" class="splide__slide splide__slide--clone" 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/2026/05/12170613/GettyImages-2272915772.jpg&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone08" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="4 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[14]
• Bounding box: x = 6376, 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 1220 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