Kilotest: Diagnoses of select not named violation by HTML element 563 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of a list of options
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: SELECT
• Text: Site search … News
• Start tag: <select class="dc-search__type_selector dc-text-label-s-medium" name="type">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/form[1]/div[2]/select[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the select not named issue for HTML element 563 of the Open Secrets page.

1. This select element does not have a name available to an accessibility API. Valid names are: label element, title attribute, aria-label attribute, aria-labelledby attribute.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.Select.Name