Kilotest: Diagnoses of hover indication poor violation by HTML element 281 on Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.thefire.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:34 by job 261007T2113-rl6
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 618
  • Violators: 318
  • Issues: 49
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot explore the page reliably with a mouse
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 15
• Violators: 8

About the violator

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <button type="button" class="close js-search-close-btn" aria-label="Close Search">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/button[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1870, y = 92, width = 22, height = 22
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the hover indication poor issue for HTML element 281 of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) page.

1. Element has a nonstandard hover cursor (pointer)

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: hovInd

2. Element border, outline, color, and background color do not change when hovered over

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: hovInd