Kilotest: Diagnoses of element focusability and operability conflict violation by HTML element 439 on Freedom House page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:42 by job 261007T2129-kjk
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1243
  • Violators: 363
  • Issues: 64
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 11
• Violators: 11

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: An Uncertain Future for the Global Internet … November 13, 2025
• Start tag: <a href="/report/freedom-net/2025/uncertain-future-global-internet" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[7]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1253, y = 3388, width = 248, height = 150
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the element focusability and operability conflict issue for HTML element 439 of the Freedom House page.

1. Element is operable (pointer cursor, tagname A) but not Tab-focusable

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: focAndOp