Kilotest: Diagnoses of heading abnormally long violation by HTML element 260 on California Groundbreakers page

Here is how tools diagnose the heading abnormally long issue for HTML element 260 of the California Groundbreakers page.

Basics

• About the heading abnormally long issue
  • Why it matters: User has difficulty understanding the topic of a part of the document
  • Priority: lowest
  • Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• About the California Groundbreakers page
  • URL: https://www.californiagroundbreakers.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
• About HTML element 260
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: H3
  • Text: California has always been known as an innovative place. Credit all that to a mix of Groundbreakers – inspiring people who are … setting trends, starting movements, creating events and trying to improve things in the region around us.
  • Start tag: <h3 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/h3[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 482, y = 2504, width = 956, height = 36

Diagnoses

1. <p>Headings should be brief and clear. Assistive devices use them as a <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/page-structure/headings/" target="_blank" title="Opens in new tab">navigable table of contents</a> for the page. The numbers indicate indents in a nesting relationship:</p> <ul> <li>Heading level 1 <ul> <li>Heading level 2: a topic <ul><li>Heading level 3: a subtopic</li></ul></li> <li>Heading level 2: a new topic</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>To fix:</strong> shorten this heading if possible, or remove the heading style if it was only applied to this text to provide visual emphasis.</p>

   Tool: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: headingIsLong