Kilotest: Diagnoses of button name not visible violation by HTML element 1045 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 50
• Violators: 46

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Read our original journalism
• Start tag: <a href="news" class="splide__slide__cta dc-text-label-r-bold" tabindex="-1">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[11]/div[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 2179, y = 1442, width = 289, height = 38
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the button name not visible issue for HTML element 1045 of the Open Secrets page.

1. The button content has only whitespaces.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: empty_button_description