Kilotest: Diagnoses of input not named violation by HTML element 465 on Sightsavers page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.sightsavers.org/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:23 by job 261007T2157-uwh
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 661
  • Violators: 289
  • Issues: 61
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on what information to enter in a form item
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: INPUT
• Text: Search
• Start tag: <input type="search" class="c-search-desktop__input" name="query" value="" required="" placeholder="Type search term here" style="">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the input not named issue for HTML element 465 of the Sightsavers page.

1. This searchinput element does not have a name available to an accessibility API. Valid names are: label element, title attribute, aria-label attribute, aria-labelledby attribute.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.InputSearch.Name