Kilotest: Violations of input has placeholder instead of name 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
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on what information to enter in a form item
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 7
• Violators: 7

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the input has placeholder instead of name issue.

• 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 Testaro
  • 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 Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• 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 Testaro
  • 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 Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1552

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: Please enter a valid email address
  • 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[8]/section[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/form[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• 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 Testaro
  • 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 Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?