For Professionals | Diabetes UK

Symptoms of diabetes | Type 1 and Type 2 | Diabetes UK

Type 1 diabetes symptoms | Diabetes UK

Gestational diabetes | Causes and symptoms | Diabetes UK

Type 1 diabetes treatments | Diabetes UK

Life with diabetes | How to fit diabetes around your life | Diabetes UK

Complications of diabetes | Guide to diabetes | Diabetes UK

What is diabetes? | Getting to know the basics | Diabetes UK

Type 1 diabetes | Diabetes UK

Diabetes research | Our approach and projects | Diabetes UK

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

May 2025

April 2025

Diabetes UK

Title / URL	Issues
For Professionals \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/for-professionals	3
Symptoms of diabetes \| Type 1 and Type 2 \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/symptoms	3
Type 1 diabetes symptoms \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/type-1-diabetes/symptoms	3
Gestational diabetes \| Causes and symptoms \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/gestational-diabetes	3
Type 1 diabetes treatments \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/type-1-diabetes/treatments	3
Life with diabetes \| How to fit diabetes around your life \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/living-with-diabetes/life-with-diabetes	3
Complications of diabetes \| Guide to diabetes \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/complications	3
What is diabetes? \| Getting to know the basics \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes	3
Type 1 diabetes \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/type-1-diabetes	3
Diabetes research \| Our approach and projects \| Diabetes UKwww.diabetes.org.uk/our-research	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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