Kilotest: Diagnoses of no default option violation by HTML element 591 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the Open Secrets page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 13 days ago by job 79l on 2026-05-19 at 14:37

About HTML element 591

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Filter by … Go
• Start tag: <div class="dc-search-type-selector__container">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/form[1]/div[2]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 0, height = 0

About the no default option issue

• Why it matters: User may risk erroneously submitting a form
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the no default option issue for HTML element 591 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Missing default selection <code><option></code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: select_initial_option