Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden 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 navigate properly to the operable items
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 5 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + ASLint + Axe + SureA11y)
• Violations: 60
• Violators: 15

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 Accessibility Checker + Axe + SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 1157 of the Open Secrets page.

1. ARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elements; Focusable content should have tabindex="-1", be removed from the DOM, or not be hidden with aria-hidden

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: aria-hidden-focus

2. ARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elements; Focusable content should have tabindex="-1", be removed from the DOM, or not be hidden with aria-hidden

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: aria-hidden-focus

3. ARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elements; Focusable content should have tabindex="-1", be removed from the DOM, or not be hidden with aria-hidden

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: aria-hidden-focus

4. Element "a" should not be focusable within the subtree of an element with an 'aria-hidden' attribute with value 'true'

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_hidden_nontabbable

5. aria-hidden a is focusable (1 focusable element(s)).

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: aria-hidden-focus