Kilotest: Violations of input has placeholder instead of name issue for National Coalition Against Censorship contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://ncac.org/contact
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:57 by job 261007T2138-czm
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 426
  • Violators: 171
  • Issues: 41
• 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: 11
• Violators: 11

Violators

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

• Element 115

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="search" value="" name="s" class="s" placeholder="Search..." required="" aria-required="true" aria-label="Search..." style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/form[1]/div[1]/div[1]/label[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 602

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="text" name="fname" placeholder="First Name (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 604

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="text" name="lname" placeholder="Last Name (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[2]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 606

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="email" name="email" required="" placeholder="Your email" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[3]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 608

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="tel" name="merge_fields[3]" placeholder="Phone (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[4]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 610

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="text" name="merge_fields[15]" placeholder="Zip (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[5]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 625

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="text" name="fname" placeholder="First Name (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[1]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 627

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="text" name="lname" placeholder="Last Name (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[2]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 629

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="email" name="email" required="" placeholder="Your email" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[3]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 631

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="tel" name="merge_fields[3]" placeholder="Phone (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[4]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 633

  • Tag name: INPUT
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <input type="text" name="merge_fields[15]" placeholder="Zip (optional)" style="">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/div[5]/input[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?