Kilotest: Diagnoses of no default option violation by HTML element 989 on US Digital Response volunteer page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://form.jotform.com/201466372336151
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 23:17 by job 261007T2305-iih
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 1272
  • Violators: 927
  • Issues: 37
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: User may risk erroneously submitting a form
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 4

About the violator

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: Please select … Volunteers who are experienced in their field and able to commit at least 10 hours per week are typically best suited for our projects.
• Start tag: <span class="form-sub-label-container" style="vertical-align:top">
• XPath: /html/body/form[1]/div[2]/ul[4]/li[6]/div[1]/span[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the no default option issue for HTML element 989 of the US Digital Response volunteer page.

1. Missing default selection <code><option></code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: select_initial_option