Kilotest: Diagnoses of input has placeholder instead of name violation by HTML element 1217 on Water for People contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.waterforpeople.org/contact-us/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 23:11 by job 261007T2305-6zv
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 864
  • Violators: 314
  • Issues: 71
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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 field required with a minimum length of 3 characters
• Start tag: <input name="s" type="search" class="fl-search-text" id="search-input-f062m7qre5lz" aria-describedby="search-error-f062m7qre5lz" placeholder="Search Our Site" minlength="3" value="" required="" style="">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 810, y = 2852, width = 300, height = 45
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the input has placeholder instead of name issue for HTML element 1217 of the Water for People contact page.

1. Element has a placeholder but no accessible name

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: phOnly