Kilotest: Diagnoses of element focusability and operability conflict violation by HTML element 496 on Freedom House page

Here is how tools diagnose the element focusability and operability conflict issue for HTML element 496 of the Freedom House page.

Basics

• About the element focusability and operability conflict issue
  • Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
  • Priority: high
  • Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
• About the Freedom House page
  • URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:24
• About HTML element 496
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: After 20 Years of Global Decline, These Basic Freedoms Have Been Hit Hardest … March 19, 2026
  • Start tag: <a href="/article/after-20-years-global-decline-these-basic-freedoms-have-been-hit-hardest" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
  • 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]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1160, y = 3251, width = 340, height = 204

Diagnoses

1. Element is operable (pointer cursor, tagname A) but not Tab-focusable

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: focAndOp