Kilotest: Diagnoses of false aria-hidden value risky violation by HTML element 240 on Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center join page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.pdx.edu/senior-adult-learning-center/join-salc
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:15 by job 261007T2147-xa5
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 413
  • Violators: 169
  • Issues: 39
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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: 3
• Violators: 3

About the violator

• Tag name: UL
• Text: Apply … myPSU
• Start tag: <ul id="psu-secondary-menu-mobile" class="navbar-nav nav-fill-xl text-uppercase psu-secondary-menu">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/nav[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[7]/ul[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the false aria-hidden value risky issue for HTML element 240 of the Portland State University Senior Adult Learning Center join 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