Apply for a job at the British Red Cross

Get involved | British Red Cross

Search results | British Red Cross

Our history | British Red Cross

News stories, views and media | British Red Cross

First time visit: View without clicking anything

How we're run | British Red Cross

First aid | British Red Cross

Free first aid apps | Adult and baby | British Red Cross

Contact us | British Red Cross

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

February 2025

January 2025

British Red Cross

Title / URL	Issues
Apply for a job at the British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/get-involved/jobs	11
Get involved \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/get-involved	4
Search results \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/search-results	4
Our history \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/about-us/our-history	4
News stories, views and media \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/about-us/news-and-media	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.redcross.org.uk/	4
How we're run \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/about-us/how-we-are-run	4
First aid \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/first-aid	4
Free first aid apps \| Adult and baby \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/first-aid-apps	4
Contact us \| British Red Crosswww.redcross.org.uk/about-us/contact-us	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

British Red Cross

Where this issue has occurred