Kilotest: Diagnoses of false aria-hidden value risky violation by HTML element 177 on Hesperian Health Guides page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://hesperian.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:37 by job 261007T2129-2eu
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 947
  • Violators: 295
  • Issues: 57
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User may be misled by erroneously hidden or revealed page content
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 2
• Violators: 2

About the violator

• Tag name: LI
• Text: Menu … Menu
• Start tag: <li class="av-burger-menu-main menu-item-avia-special ">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[12]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

Take me there

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the false aria-hidden value risky issue for HTML element 177 of the Hesperian Health Guides page.

1. You have defined <code>aria-hidden="false"</code>. Caution, as the child content is always readable by screen readers regardless of setting <code>display: none</code> on any child element.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: aria_hidden_false