How we invest ethically | Australian Ethical

Former Christian Super Members | Australian Ethical

Mobile App | Australian Ethical

ETF | Australian Ethical

Legal notices

Super Fees | Australian Ethical

Combine your super | Australian Ethical

News & insights | Australian Ethical

Employers | Australian Ethical

Retirement | Australian Ethical

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

June 2025

May 2025

Australian Ethical Super

	Title / URL	Issues
	How we invest ethically \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/why-ae/ethics/	24
	Former Christian Super Members \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/cs/	16
	Mobile App \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/mobile-app/	15
	ETF \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/etf/	15
	Legal noticeswww.australianethical.com.au/legal-notices/	15
	Super Fees \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/super/fees/	12
	Combine your super \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/super/combine/	6
	News & insights \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/blog/	4
	Employers \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/employer/	3
	Retirement \| Australian Ethicalwww.australianethical.com.au/pension/	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Australian Ethical Super

Where this issue has occurred