Kilotest: Diagnoses of hover indication poor violation by HTML element 135 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: User cannot explore the page reliably with a mouse
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 2

About the violator

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <button class="menu-toggle" aria-label="Open mobile menu" title="Menu Toggle" data-once="ts-menu-toggle">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/header[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[2]/button[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1461, y = 56, width = 54, height = 72
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the hover indication poor issue for HTML element 135 of the Freedom House 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