Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 1166 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 30, 2026 … Kalshi leads prediction markets’ $3 million effort to fight off state regulations
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/09/kalshi-leads-prediction-markets-3-million-effort-to-fight-off-state-regulations/" class="splide__slide is-visible is-next" 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/2026/09/30125026/GettyImages-2260402822.jpg&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-slide02" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="2 of 6">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[6]
• Bounding box: x = 984, y = 2074, width = 626, height = 392
• Reported by Axe

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 1166 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