Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 48 on Human Rights Watch page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-oiq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 2187
  • Violators: 1149
  • Issues: 65
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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 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: HEADER
• Text: Skip to cookie privacy notice … Give Now
• Start tag: <header>
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 1920, height = 123
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 48 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. Using <code><code>aria-hidden="true"</code></code> on a visible focusable element will result in some users focusing on 'nothing'

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: misused_aria_on_focusable_element