Kilotest: Diagnoses of input has placeholder instead of name violation by HTML element 465 on Sightsavers page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.sightsavers.org/
• Tested 3 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 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
• 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 Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the input has placeholder instead of name issue for HTML element 465 of the Sightsavers page.

1. Element has a placeholder but no accessible name

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: phOnly