Kilotest: Diagnoses of focus indication improvable violation by HTML element 1157 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: Keyboard-only user cannot easily choose an item to operate
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.7
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 14
• Violators: 14

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: 2026 Election | September 23, 2026 … The State of Disclosure: A conversation with Rhode Island’s top campaign finance officials
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/09/the-state-of-disclosure-a-conversation-with-rhode-islands-top-campaign-finance-officials/" class="splide__slide splide__slide--clone" style="background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 27.86%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)) center center / cover, linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 100%), url(&quot;https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/23153325/YouTube-Thumbnail-Campaign-Finance-Disclosure-RI.png&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone03" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="5 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[3]
• Bounding box: x = -1038, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the focus indication improvable issue for HTML element 1157 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Element when focused has no outline

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: focInd