About Overview | Coats Group plc

Who We Are | Coats Group plc

Contact Us - Coats

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Polyester Yarns | Specifically Engineered Yarns | Coats

Coats Group plc | Coats

Coats Footwear | Coats

Thread Manufacturing | Stitching Thread | Coats

Search | Coats Group plc

High-quality Trims | Coats

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

August 2025

July 2025

Coats

Title / URL	Issues
About Overview \| Coats Group plcwww.coats.com/en/about/about-overview/	2
Who We Are \| Coats Group plcwww.coats.com/en/about/who-we-are/	1
Contact Us - Coatswww.coats.com/en/contact-us/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.coats.com/en/	1
Polyester Yarns \| Specifically Engineered Yarns \| Coatswww.coats.com/en/products/yarns/	1
Coats Group plc \| Coatswww.coats.com/en-us/	1
Coats Footwear \| Coatswww.coats.com/en/industries/footwear/	1
Thread Manufacturing \| Stitching Thread \| Coatswww.coats.com/en/products/threads/	1
Search \| Coats Group plcwww.coats.com/en/search/	1
High-quality Trims \| Coatswww.coats.com/en/products/trims/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Coats

Where this issue has occurred