Kilotest: Diagnoses of legend missing violation by HTML element 2959 on Rainforest Alliance page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:20 by job 261007T2157-b1t
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 3228
  • Violators: 1565
  • Issues: 71
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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 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + Pour + QualWeb)
• Violations: 19
• Violators: 10

About the violator

• Tag name: FIELDSET
• Text: I agree to receive occasional emails from the Rainforest Alliance.
• Start tag: <fieldset id="field_137_44" class="gfield gfield--type-checkbox gfield--type-choice gfield--input-type-checkbox gfield--width-full field_sublabel_below gfield--no-description field_description_below field_validation_below gfield_visibility_visible gfield--choice-align-vertical">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/form[1]/div[2]/div[1]/fieldset[4]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint + QualWeb

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the legend missing issue for HTML element 2959 of the Rainforest Alliance page.

1. Element <code><legend></code> is the first child of the <code><fieldset></code> element, but it contains only white spaces.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: legend_first_child_of_fieldset

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

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-WCAG-T3