Kilotest: Diagnoses of tabindex redundant violation by HTML element 112 on Hesperian Health Guides page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://hesperian.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:37 by job 261007T2129-2eu
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 947
  • Violators: 295
  • Issues: 57
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Revision risks interfering with navigation by a keyboard-only user
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Pour)
• Violations: 6
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: TOPICS
• Start tag: <a href="https://hesperian.org/topic/" itemprop="url" tabindex="0">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[2]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1434, y = 1, width = 82, height = 45
• Reported by Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the tabindex redundant issue for HTML element 112 of the Hesperian Health Guides page.

1. tabindex="0" is unnecessary on natively focusable elements

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: redundant-tabindex