Kilotest: Diagnoses of control not named violation by HTML element 563 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 on how to operate a form item
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour)
• Violations: 11
• Violators: 11

About the violator

• Tag name: SELECT
• Text: Site search … News
• Start tag: <select class="dc-search__type_selector dc-text-label-s-medium" name="type">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/form[1]/div[2]/select[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the control not named issue for HTML element 563 of the Open Secrets page.

1. This form field should be labelled in some way. Use the label element (either with a "for" attribute or wrapped around the form field), or "title", "aria-label" or "aria-labelledby" attributes as appropriate.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.F68