Kilotest: Diagnoses of input has placeholder instead of name violation by HTML element 426 on Synchronicity Earth USA Annual Reports and Spotlight page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.synchronicityearth.org/about-us/annualreview/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:06 by job 261007T2139-gxp
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 499
  • Violators: 198
  • 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: Search for:
• Start tag: <input type="search" value="" name="s" class="s" placeholder="Search..." required="" aria-required="true" style="">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the input has placeholder instead of name issue for HTML element 426 of the Synchronicity Earth USA Annual Reports and Spotlight page.

1. Element has a placeholder but no accessible name

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: phOnly