Llangollen Canal | River walks near me

About Us | Canal & River Trust

Our cause | Canal & River Trust

Wales | Canal & River Trust

Oxford Canal | UK Canal network

News and views | Canal & River Trust

Things to do | Canal & River Trust

Privacy Notice | Canal & River Trust

Grand Union Canal | Walks near me

Helping nature thrive | Canal & River Trust

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

October 2025

September 2025

Canal & River Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	Llangollen Canal \| River walks near mecanalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers/llangollen-canal	1
	About Us \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us	1
	Our cause \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/our-cause	1
	Wales \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/wales	1
	Oxford Canal \| UK Canal networkcanalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers/oxford-canal	1
	News and views \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views	1
	Things to do \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/things-to-do	1
	Privacy Notice \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/the-publication-scheme/making-a-request-for-information/privacy-notice	1
	Grand Union Canal \| Walks near mecanalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers/grand-union-canal	1
	Helping nature thrive \| Canal & River Trustcanalrivertrust.org.uk/our-cause/helping-nature-thrive	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Canal & River Trust

Where this issue has occurred