Kilotest: Diagnoses of button not named violation by HTML element 1012 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: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 6 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 17
• Violators: 11

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Start learning
• Start tag: <a href="resources/learn" class="splide__slide__cta dc-text-label-r-bold">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[8]/div[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 831, y = 1442, width = 289, height = 38
• Reported by Alfa

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the button not named issue for HTML element 1012 of the Open Secrets page.

1. The button does not have an accessible name

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r12