Office of the Metropolitan Trustee | Nashville.gov

Davidson County Election Commission | Nashville.gov

Metro Water Services | Nashville.gov

Planning Department | Nashville.gov

Human Resources | Nashville.gov

Metro Public Health Department | Nashville.gov

Mayor's Office | Nashville.gov

Metropolitan Council Office | Nashville.gov

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department | Nashville.gov

Codes and Building Safety | Nashville.gov

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

Davidson County, Tennessee

	Title / URL	Issues
	Office of the Metropolitan Trustee \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/trustee	10
	Davidson County Election Commission \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/elections	7
	Metro Water Services \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/water	6
	Planning Department \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/planning	6
	Human Resources \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/human-resources	6
	Metro Public Health Department \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/health	5
	Mayor's Office \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/mayor	5
	Metropolitan Council Office \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/council	4
	Metropolitan Nashville Police Department \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/police	4
	Codes and Building Safety \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/codes	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Davidson County, Tennessee

Where this issue has occurred