Page 1 of Latest Articles | Help For Heroes

Learn more about research projects we undertake | Help For Heroes

Our charity's campaigns | Help For Heroes

Read the story of how it all began and the people who made it happen | Help For Heroes

The different ways that you can get in touch with us | Help For Heroes

Join us and work with our dedicated team today! | Help For Heroes

Get help with your physical health | Help For Heroes

Page 1 of Latest Stories | Help For Heroes

Membership | Help For Heroes

Philanthropy and Major Gifts | Help for Heroes | Help For Heroes

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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Page 1 of Latest Articles \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/about-us/news/	4
	Learn more about research projects we undertake \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/our-impact/research/	4
	Our charity's campaigns \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/our-impact/our-campaigns/	4
	Read the story of how it all began and the people who made it happen \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/about-us/our-history/	4
	The different ways that you can get in touch with us \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/	4
	Join us and work with our dedicated team today! \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/	4
	Get help with your physical health \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/get-help/physical-health/	4
	Page 1 of Latest Stories \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/our-impact/our-stories/	4
	Membership \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/give-support/membership/	4
	Philanthropy and Major Gifts \| Help for Heroes \| Help For Heroeswww.helpforheroes.org.uk/give-support/philanthropy/	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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