Regulatory news | Hammerson

About us | Hammerson

ESG | Hammerson

Stakeholder Engagement | Hammerson

Financial calendar | Hammerson

Remuneration policy | Hammerson

Media contacts | Hammerson

Major transactions | Hammerson

Press releases | Hammerson

404 | Hammerson

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

Hammerson

Title / URL	Issues
Regulatory news \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/investors/regulatory-news	1
About us \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/about-us	1
ESG \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/esg	1
Stakeholder Engagement \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/esg/stakeholder-engagement	1
Financial calendar \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/investors/financial-calendar	1
Remuneration policy \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/about-us/remuneration-policy	1
Media contacts \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/news/media-contacts	1
Major transactions \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/investors/major-transactions	1
Press releases \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/news/press-releases	1
404 \| Hammersonwww.hammerson.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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Where this issue has occurred