Kilotest: Diagnoses of role invalid violation by HTML element 1715 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 1715

• Tag name: LI
• Text: "Simply invaluable. If journalists are supposed to dig, then OpenSecrets.org is the sharpest shovel out there." … Dan Stone
• Start tag: <li class="splide__slide is-active is-visible" id="carousel_testimonial-slide01" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="1 of 8" style="margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(100% + 0rem);">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[3]
• Bounding box: x = 310, y = 7017, width = 975, height = 339

About the role invalid issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of an item
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the role invalid issue for HTML element 1715 of the Open Secrets page.

1. ARIA role should be appropriate for the element; ARIA role tabpanel is not allowed for given element

   Tool: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: aria-allowed-role