Kilotest: Diagnoses of input has placeholder instead of name violation by HTML element 387 on Giving Green page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.givinggreen.earth/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:35 by job 261007T2113-wny
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1708
  • Violators: 531
  • Issues: 63
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About the issue

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

About the violator

• Tag name: INPUT
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <input class="search_input w-input" maxlength="256" name="query" placeholder="Search…" type="search" id="search" required="" style="">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/form[1]/input[1]
• Bounding box: x = 350, y = 16, width = 1220, height = 64
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the input has placeholder instead of name issue for HTML element 387 of the Giving Green page.

1. Element has a placeholder but no accessible name

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: phOnly