Kilotest: Diagnoses of hr misused violation by HTML element 389 on Mozilla Foundation page

Here is how tools diagnose the hr misused issue for HTML element 389 of the Mozilla Foundation page.

Basics

• About the hr misused issue
  • Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of segments of the document
  • Priority: lowest
  • Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• About the Mozilla Foundation page
  • URL: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
  • Tested on 2026-04-03 at 03:56
• About HTML element 389
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Pause animation … Read Now
  • Start tag: <div class="m24-c-transition m24-t-top-pink m24-t-bottom-dark">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[5]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 2352, width = 1920, height = 90

Diagnoses

1. The <code><hr></code> element adds extra <q>noise</q> and can be confusing. For example VoiceOver reads it as <q>dimmed collapsed on top, horizontal separator</q>, Windows Narrator reads it as <q>end of line</q>. A better option is to replace <code><hr></code> with <code><div></code> and use CSS for styling. Alternatively, <code>aria-hidden='true'</code> or <code>role='presentation'</code> can be applied to the <code><hr></code> element.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: horizontal_rule