Kilotest: Diagnoses of legend missing violation by HTML element 501 on Synchronicity Earth USA Annual Reports and Spotlight page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.synchronicityearth.org/about-us/annualreview/
• Tested 2 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 help on the topic of a group of form items
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
• Violations: 3
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: FIELDSET
• Text: First name … I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions.
• Start tag: <fieldset class="hidden-fields-container">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the legend missing issue for HTML element 501 of the Synchronicity Earth USA Annual Reports and Spotlight page.

1. Expected <code><legend></code> to be the first child of the <code><fieldset></code> element, but instead there is <code><input type="hidden" name="_wpcf7" value="26595"></code>

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: legend_first_child_of_fieldset

2. Fieldset does not contain a legend element. All fieldsets should contain a legend element that describes a description of the field group.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.H71.NoLegend

3. [failed] The `fieldset` element is neither inside nor referencing a `form` element.

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-WCAG-T3