Kilotest: Diagnoses of role assigned instead of implicit violation by HTML element 171 on Portland State University page

Basics

About the Portland State University page

• URL: https://www.pdx.edu/
• Tested 24 days ago by job j3n on 2026-05-08 at 15:59

About HTML element 171

• Tag name: A
• Text: Schools & Colleges
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.pdx.edu/schools-colleges" class="dropdown-item pl-0 dropdown-toggle link--level-1" id="navbarDropdown-schools--colleges" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 0, height = 0

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About the role assigned instead of implicit issue

• Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the role assigned instead of implicit issue for HTML element 171 of the Portland State University page.

1. Explicit button role of the element is also an implicit HTML element role

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: role