Kilotest: Diagnoses of text alternative of link image a URL
violation by HTML element 307 on California Groundbreakers page
Here is how tools diagnose the text alternative of link image a URL
issue for HTML element 307 of the California Groundbreakers page.
Basics
- About the
text alternative of link image a URL
issue- Why it matters: User cannot understand what a link points to
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- About the California Groundbreakers page
- URL:
https://www.californiagroundbreakers.org/ - Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
- URL:
- About HTML element 307
- Tag name:
A - Text: [not applicable]
- Start tag:
<a class=" sqs-block-image-link " href="/join"> - XPath:
[not obtained] - Bounding box: x = 1142, y = 2676, width = 296, height = 296
- Tag name:
Diagnoses
- <p>This image's alt text is "events3.png," which is probably a filename.</p> <p>When a link is wrapped around an image and there is no other text, the <a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text#alt_link" target="_blank" title="Opens in new tab">image's alt text becomes the link text</a> announced by screen readers. Links should clearly and concisely describe their destination; a URL (usually pronounced by the screen reader one letter at a time) does not.</p> <ul> <li>Good link text: "About us"</li> <li>Bad link text: "H T T P S colon forward slash forward slash example dot com forward slash aye bee oh you tee you ess</li> </ul>
Tool: Editoria11y (Princeton University)
Rule:
altURLLinked