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Blog | Co-operatives UK

Discover co-ops | Co-operatives UK

When using accessible descriptions (`aria-describedby`), ensure that the 
descriptions exist.

## Explanation

ARIA descriptions are commonly used to add supplementary information to 
elements in a page, especially form controls. For example:

```html
<input type="email" aria-describedby="email-help">
<p id="email-helpp">Enter your work email address</p>
```

In this example, the `aria-describedby` for the field points to an ID of `email-help`,
which doesn't exist. The paragraph it refers to instead has an ID of `email-helpp`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

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

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

When a description is broken, key information about that element may be omitted from 
assistive technologies.

missing-aria-described-by

April 2025

March 2025

Co-operatives UK

Title / URL	Issues
Co-op start-up programmes \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/support	1
Support for your co‑op \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/support-your-co-op	1
News \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/news	1
Search the sitewww.uk.coop/search	1
Convert to a co-op \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/convert	1
Start a new co-op \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/start	1
Ownership Hub \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/support/ownership-hub	1
Log inwww.uk.coop/user/login	1
Blog \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/blog	1
Discover co-ops \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/discover-co-ops	1

Fix missing ARIA description IDs

Co-operatives UK

Where this issue has occurred