Kilotest: Diagnoses of hr misused violation by HTML element 306 on Portland General Electric page

Basics

About the Portland General Electric page

• URL: https://portlandgeneral.com/
• Tested 38 days ago by job 9pn on 2026-04-24 at 19:42

About HTML element 306

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Don't have an online account? Register
• Start tag: <div class="MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-item" style="width: 100%; margin-top: 0.5em;">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 426, y = 579, width = 389, height = 1

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

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the hr misused issue for HTML element 306 of the Portland General Electric page.

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