Kilotest: Diagnoses of role assigned instead of implicit violation by HTML element 92 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.icij.org/newsletter/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:54 by job 261007T2132-muf
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1641
  • Violators: 406
  • Issues: 53
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 6
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: INVESTIGATIONS
• Start tag: <a data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle">
• XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/div[3]/ul[1]/li[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 143, height = 45
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role assigned instead of implicit issue for HTML element 92 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page.

1. Explicit button role of the element is also an implicit HTML element role

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: role