Kilotest: Diagnoses of tabindex redundant violation by HTML element 556 on Freedom House page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:42 by job 261007T2129-kjk
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1243
  • Violators: 363
  • Issues: 64
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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: 4
• Violators: 4

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens
• Start tag: <a href="/article/ccp-trying-and-failing-extinguish-defiance-among-chinese-citizens" tabindex="0">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 968, y = 4309, width = 242, height = 96
• Reported by Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the tabindex redundant issue for HTML element 556 of the Freedom House page.

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

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: redundant-tabindex