Kilotest: Diagnoses of image link not named violation by HTML element 162 on DemocracyNext page

Here is how tools diagnose the image link not named issue for HTML element 162 of the DemocracyNext page.

Basics

• About the image link not named issue
  • Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
  • Priority: highest
  • Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• About the DemocracyNext page
  • URL: https://www.demnext.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-10 at 16:47
• About HTML element 162
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.demnext.org/uploads/DemNext-Impact-Report-2024-Final_compressed.pdf" class="border-b border-black screen:sm:border-b-2 hover:text-blue hover:border-blue">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[7]/div[1]/div[1]/figure[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 479, y = 4260, width = 963, height = 542

Diagnoses

1. <p>When a link is wrapped around an image, the image's alt text <a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text#alt_link" title="Opens in new tab" target="_blank">provides the link's title for screen readers</a>.</p> <p><strong>To fix:</strong> set this image's alternative text to something that describes the link's destination, or add text next to the image, within the link.</p>

   Tool: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: altEmptyLinked

2. [failed] The image doesn't have an accessible name.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-WCAG-T21

3. Img element is the only content of the link, but is missing alt text. The alt text should describe the purpose of the link.

   Tool: WallyAX (Wally)