Kilotest: Diagnoses of aria attribute invalid violation by HTML element 149 on Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center join page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.pdx.edu/senior-adult-learning-center/join-salc
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:15 by job 261007T2147-xa5
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 413
  • Violators: 169
  • Issues: 39
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Axe)
• Violations: 2
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: LI
• Text: JOIN SALC
• Start tag: <li class="nav-item text-left-lg-down p-2 pl-lg-0 pt-lg-0 pb-lg-0 menu-item--active-trail" aria-selected="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/nav[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/ul[1]/li[2]
• Bounding box: x = 1145, y = 67, width = 93, height = 25
• Reported by Alfa + Axe

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the aria attribute invalid issue for HTML element 149 of the Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center join page.

1. The attribute is not allowed for the element on which it is specified

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r18

2. Elements must only use supported ARIA attributes; ARIA attribute is not allowed: aria-selected="true"

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: aria-allowed-attr