Kilotest: Diagnoses of input has placeholder instead of name violation by HTML element 551 on California Groundbreakers page

Here is how tools diagnose the input has placeholder instead of name issue for HTML element 551 of the California Groundbreakers page.

Basics

• About the input has placeholder instead of name issue
  • Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on what information to enter in a form item
  • Priority: high
  • Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• About the California Groundbreakers page
  • URL: https://www.californiagroundbreakers.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
• About HTML element 551
  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input class="newsletter-form-field-element field-element field-control" name="fname" x-autocompletetype="given-name" type="text" spellcheck="false" placeholder="First Name" maxlength="30" data-title="First">
  • XPath: [not obtained]
  • Bounding box: x = 512, y = 3794, width = 244, height = 49

Diagnoses

1. Element has a placeholder but no accessible name

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: phOnly