Issues
Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 A – Aria-hidden Elements Contains Focusable Elements
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              Bad Content Type
                  
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              Noindex Only in Original HTML
                  
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              Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme URLs
                  
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              Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme Meta Fragment Tag
                  
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              Pages with Blocked Resources
                  
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              Contains JavaScript Links
                  
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              Contains JavaScript Content
                  
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              Page Title Only in Rendered HTML
                  
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              Page Title Updated by JavaScript
                  
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              Meta Description Only in Rendered HTML
                  
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              Meta Description Updated by JavaScript
                  
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              H1 Only in Rendered HTML
                  
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              Canonical Only in Rendered HTML
                  
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              Pages With JavaScript Errors
                  
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              Pages Without Internal Outlinks
                  
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              Non-Indexable Page Inlinks Only
                  
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              Pages With High External Outlinks
                  
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              Pages With High Internal Outlinks
                  
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              Follow & Nofollow Internal Inlinks To Page
                  
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              Internal Nofollow Inlinks Only
                  
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              Contains Disallowed HTML
                  
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              Indexable
                  
- PageSpeed
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              Eliminate Render-Blocking Resources
                  
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              Properly Size Images
                  
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              Defer Offscreen Images
                  
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              Minify CSS
                  
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              Minify JavaScript
                  
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              Reduce Unused CSS
                  
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              Reduce Unused JavaScript
                  
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              Efficiently Encode Images
                  
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              Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats
                  
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              Enable Text Compression
                  
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              Preload Key Requests
                  
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              Serve Static Assets With An Efficient Cache Policy
                  
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              Minimize Main-Thread Work
                  
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              Image Elements Do Not Have Explicit Width & Height
                  
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              Avoid Large Layout Shifts
                  
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              Avoid Serving Legacy JavaScript to Modern Browsers
                  
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              Avoid Multiple Page Redirects
                  
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              Use Video Format for Animated Images
                  
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              Avoid Excessive DOM Size
                  
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              Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load
                  
- Accessibility
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              Best Practice – Accesskey Attribute Value Must Be Unique
                  
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              Best Practice – Elements Must Not Have Tabindex Greater Than Zero
                  
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              Best Practice – ARIA Dialog & Alertdialog Require Accessible Name
                  
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              Best Practice – ARIA Treeitem Nodes Require Accessible Name
                  
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              Best Practice – Role=text Should Have No Focusable Descendants
                  
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              Best Practice – Form Elements Should Have Visible Label
                  
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              Best Practice – Frames Should Be Tested With axe-core
                  
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              Best Practice – Scope Attribute Should Be Used Correctly On Tables
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Scrollable Region Requires Keyboard Access
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Required ARIA Attributes Must Be Provided
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Attribute Must Be Used As Specified For Role
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Attributes Require Valid Values
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Attributes Require Valid Names
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Commands Require Accessible Name
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Input Fields Require Accessible Name
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Meter Nodes Require Accessible Name
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Progressbar Nodes Require Accessible Name
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Roles Must Be Contained By Required Parent
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Roles Require Valid Values
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Toggle Fields Require Accessible Name
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Tooltip Nodes Require Accessible Name
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Certain ARIA Roles Must Contain Specific Children
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Aria-braille Require Non-braille Equivalent
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Aria-hidden Elements Contains Focusable Elements
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Aria-hidden=true Must Not Be Used In <body>
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Elements Must Only Use Permitted ARIA Attributes
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Elements Must Use Allowed ARIA Attributes
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – IDs Used In ARIA & Labels Must Be Unique
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Page Requires Means To Bypass Repeated Blocks
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Form <input> Elements Require Labels
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Frames Require Title Attribute
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Frames Require Unique Title Attribute
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Frames With Focusable Content Must Not Use tabindex=-1
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Page Must Contain <title>
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – HTML Element Lang Attribute Value Must Be Valid
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – HTML Element Requires Lang Attribute
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Image Button Requires Alternate Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Images Require Alternate Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – <object> Elements Require Alternate Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Active <area> Elements Require Alternate Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Elements Marked role=img Require Alternate Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – SVG Images & Graphics Require Accessible Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – <video> Elements Require <track> For Captions
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – <video> or <audio> Elements Must Not Auto-play
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Buttons Require Discernible Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Input Buttons Require Discernible Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Links Require Discernible Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Links Must Be Distinguishable
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Select Element Requires Accessible Name
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Summary Elements Require Discernible Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Deprecated <marquee> Element Must Not Be Used
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Interactive Controls Must Not Be Nested
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – List Items Must Be Contained In List Elements
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Lists Must Only Contain <li> Content Elements
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – <dt> & <dd> Elements Must Be Contained by <dl>
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – <dl> Must Only Have Ordered <dt> & <dd> Groups
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – <blink> Elements Deprecated & Must Not Be Used
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – <th> Element Requires Associated Data Cells
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Table Header Attr Must Refer To Cell In Same Table
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 AA – Meta Viewport Zoom & Scaling Disabled
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 AA – Lang Attribute Requires Valid Value
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 AA – Text Requires Higher Color Contrast to Background
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 AAA – Text Requires Higher Color Contrast Ratio
                  
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              WCAG 2.1 AA – Autocomplete Attribute Must Be Used Correctly
                  
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              WCAG 2.1 AA – Inline Text Spacing Must Be Adjustable
                  
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              WCAG 2.2 AA – Touch Targets Require Sufficient Size & Spacing
                  
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              Best Practice – Skip-link Target Should Exist & Be Focusable
                  
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              Best Practice – All Page Content Must Be Contained By Landmarks
                  
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              Best Practice – Page Requires One Main Landmark
                  
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              Best Practice – Page Must Not Have More Than One Banner Landmark
                  
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              Best Practice – Banner Landmark Must Not Be In Another Landmark
                  
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              Best Practice – Page Must Not Have Multiple Contentinfo Landmarks
                  
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              Best Practice – Page Requires At Most One Main Landmark
                  
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              Best Practice – Complementary Landmarks & Asides Must Be Top Level
                  
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              Best Practice – Contentinfo Landmark Must Be Top Level Landmark
                  
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              Best Practice – Main Landmark Must Not Be In Another Landmark
                  
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              Best Practice – Landmarks Require Unique Role Or Accessible Name
                  
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              Best Practice – Page Must Contain <h1>
                  
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              Best Practice – Heading Levels Should Only Increase By One
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Form Field Must Not Have Multiple Label Elements
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – HTML Lang & XML Lang Value Should Match
                  
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              Best Practice – Ensure Elements Marked Presentational Are Ignored
                  
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              Best Practice – ARIA Role Should Be Appropriate For Element
                  
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              Best Practice – Headings Should Not Be Empty
                  
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              Best Practice – Meta Viewport Should Allow Zoom & Scale Up to 500%
                  
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              Best Practice – Alt Text Should Not Be Repeated As Text
                  
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              Best Practice – Table Headers Require Discernible Text
                  
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              Best Practice – Table With Identical Summary & Caption Text
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Deprecated ARIA Roles Must Not Be Used
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 A – Server-Side Image Maps Must Not Be Used
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 AAA – Delayed Meta Refresh Must Not Be Used
                  
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              WCAG 2.0 AAA – Links With Same Accessible Name
                  
WCAG 2.0 A – Aria-hidden Elements Contains Focusable Elements
This rule checks aria-hidden elements do not contain focusable elements.
How to Analyse in the SEO Spider
To populate this filter ‘Accessibility’ must be enabled via ‘Config > Spider > Extraction’ and ‘JavaScript rendering’ mode via ‘Config > Spider > Rendering’.
View URLs with this issue in the ‘Accessibility’ tab and ‘Aria-hidden Elements Contains Focusable Elements’ filter.
Use the lower ‘Accessibility Details’ tab to click on the issue on the left-hand side, and see details of the location on the page of the violation on the right-hand side.
Bulk export the pages and details of the accessibility violations via ‘Bulk Export > Accessibility > All Violations’.
What Triggers This Issue
Please view the Deque University website further reading link below for ruleset triggers.
How To Fix
Ensure aria-hidden elements are not focusable nor contain focusable elements.
Further Reading
- aria-hidden elements do not contain focusable elements - From Deque University
