Kilotest: Diagnoses of input has placeholder instead of name violation by HTML element 246 on CVS page

Basics

About the CVS page

• URL: https://www.cvs.com/
• Tested 26 days ago by job vqi on 2026-05-06 at 17:34

About HTML element 246

• Tag name: INPUT
• Text: Search CVS or ask a question
• Start tag: <input id="cvs-search-input-homepage" role="combobox" aria-controls="recbox-id" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-activedescendant="" aria-autocomplete="none" aria-describedby="search-instructions" placeholder="Search CVS or ask a question" maxlength="255" type="search" enterkeyhint="search" value="" autocomplete="off" class="sc-cvs-search-box" c-id="31.5.3.1">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 0, height = 0

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

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the input has placeholder instead of name issue for HTML element 246 of the CVS page.

1. Element has a placeholder but no accessible name

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: phOnly