Peter Bowden | Partner | Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers

PAGE NOT FOUND | Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perth

Legal Expertise | Legal Advice | Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers

Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perth

Mining Lawyers | Mining Law Experts | Gilbert + Tobin

Privacy Policy | Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perth

Energy Lawyers | Gilbert + Tobin

Claire Boyd | Partner | Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers

Wes Bainbridge | Partner | Corporate Advisory

Gilbert + Tobin response to the Voice referendum outcome | Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perth

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

February 2025

January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Peter Bowden \| Partner \| Gilbert + Tobin Lawyerswww.gtlaw.com.au/people/peter-bowden	1
PAGE NOT FOUND \| Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perthwww.gtlaw.com.au/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Legal Expertise \| Legal Advice \| Gilbert + Tobin Lawyerswww.gtlaw.com.au/expertise	1
Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perthwww.gtlaw.com.au/	1
Mining Lawyers \| Mining Law Experts \| Gilbert + Tobinwww.gtlaw.com.au/expertise/mining	1
Privacy Policy \| Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perthwww.gtlaw.com.au/privacy-policy	1
Energy Lawyers \| Gilbert + Tobinwww.gtlaw.com.au/expertise/energy	1
Claire Boyd \| Partner \| Gilbert + Tobin Lawyerswww.gtlaw.com.au/people/claire-boyd	1
Wes Bainbridge \| Partner \| Corporate Advisorywww.gtlaw.com.au/people/wes-bainbridge	1
Gilbert + Tobin response to the Voice referendum outcome \| Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers: Law Firm in Sydney, Melbourne & Perthwww.gtlaw.com.au/the-voice-support	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Gilbert + Tobin

Where this issue has occurred