Kilotest: Diagnoses of image link not named
violation by HTML element 1489 on Open Secrets page
Basics
About the Open Secrets page
- URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
- Tested 13 days ago by job
79lon 2026-05-19 at 14:37
About HTML element 1489
- Tag name:
A - Text: [not applicable]
- Start tag:
<a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/opensecrets/" target="_blank"> - XPath:
/html/body/div[4]/div[6]/section[1]/div[2]/a[1] - Bounding box: x = 862, y = 4380, width = 748, height = 428
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
Diagnoses
Here is how tools diagnose the image link not named
issue for HTML element 1489 of the Open Secrets page.
- <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 - 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: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)
Rule:
E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H30.2 - [failed] The image doesn't have an accessible name.
Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)
Rule:
QW-WCAG-T21