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When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

September 2025

August 2025

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Theme \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/our-capabilities/theme	1
Insights \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/insights	1
Media centre \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/media-centre	1
Page not found \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Document Library \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/document-library	1
Funds - FAQs \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/funds-faqs	1
Terms and Conditions \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/terms-and-conditions	1
Fixed income \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/our-capabilities/fixed-income	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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