Kilotest: Violations of control not named issue for 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 how to operate a form item
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour)
• Violations: 11
• Violators: 11

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the control not named issue.

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• Element 172

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input id="dc-nav-search-input-mobile" type="text" class="search-input" placeholder="Search" value="" name="q" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[2]/nav[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 336

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input id="dc-nav-donor-search-input" type="text" class="search-input" placeholder="First and last name" value="" name="name" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[3]/div[2]/div[2]/div[4]/div[2]/form[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
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• Element 557

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input id="dc-search-input-in-search-modal" type="text" class="search-input" placeholder="Search by company, client, firm, industry, or issue" value="" name="q" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/form[1]/div[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
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• Element 561

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Filter by … Go
  • Start tag: <div class="dc-search-type-selector__container">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/form[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Alfa
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 563

  • 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
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 127

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input id="dc-nav-search-input-desktop" type="text" class="search-input" placeholder="Search" value="" name="q" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[3]/header[1]/div[2]/nav[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
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• Element 1002

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: Explore contributions
  • Start tag: <button name="" type="button" class="dc-btn dc-btn__small-icon-only dc-btn--light dc-btn--borderless">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[7]/div[1]/a[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 625, y = 1458, width = 46, height = 38
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker
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• Element 1013

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: Start learning
  • Start tag: <button name="" type="button" class="dc-btn dc-btn__small-icon-only dc-btn--light dc-btn--borderless">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[8]/div[1]/a[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1075, y = 1442, width = 46, height = 38
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker
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• Element 1024

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: Uncover lobbying efforts
  • Start tag: <button name="" type="button" class="dc-btn dc-btn__small-icon-only dc-btn--light dc-btn--borderless">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[9]/div[1]/a[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1524, y = 1442, width = 46, height = 38
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker
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• Element 1632

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input class="MailChimp-input required email" type="email" value="" name="email" id="mce-EMAIL-footer" placeholder="Email address" autocomplete="home email" data-validate="email" aria-required="true" data-mailchimp-input="true" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[9]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/form[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1211, y = 6146, width = 251, height = 43
  • Reported by Pour
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1914

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input class="MailChimp-input required email" type="email" value="" name="email" id="mce-EMAIL-footer" placeholder="Email address" autocomplete="home email" data-validate="email" aria-required="true" data-mailchimp-input="true" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/form[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1233, y = 8417, width = 257, height = 43
  • Reported by Pour
  • What diagnoses were reported?