Kilotest: Diagnoses of heading structure illogical violation by HTML element 87 on Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:43 by job 261007T1941-nud
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1226
  • Violators: 632
  • Issues: 48
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 9
• Violators: 8

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Our Topics … CDT works on a wide range of issues where technology shapes our fundamental rights and freedoms.
• Start tag: <div class="megamenu__section-header__text section-header__text">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 240, y = 181, width = 330, height = 135
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the heading structure illogical issue for HTML element 87 of the Center for Democracy and Technology page.

1. Expected <code><h3 class="megamenu__section-header__title section-header__title title">Our Topics</h3></code> to be <code><h1></code>

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: headings_hierarchy