HSBC and Digital | Who we are | HSBC Holdings plc

Our climate strategy | HSBC Holdings plc

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Investors: Financial updates and events | HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC and Trade

Our values | Who we are | HSBC Holdings plc

Results and announcements | HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC - Page no longer exists

Board of directors | Our people | HSBC Holdings plc

Senior management | Our people | HSBC Holdings plc

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

October 2025

September 2025

HSBC

Title / URL	Issues
HSBC and Digital \| Who we are \| HSBC Holdings plcwww.hsbc.com/who-we-are/hsbc-and-digital	1
Our climate strategy \| HSBC Holdings plcwww.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-climate-strategy	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.hsbc.com/	1
Investors: Financial updates and events \| HSBC Holdings plcwww.hsbc.com/investors	1
HSBC and Tradewww.hsbc.com/who-we-are/hsbc-and-trade	1
Our values \| Who we are \| HSBC Holdings plcwww.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-strategy-and-values/our-values	1
Results and announcements \| HSBC Holdings plcwww.hsbc.com/investors/results-and-announcements	1
HSBC - Page no longer existswww.hsbc.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Board of directors \| Our people \| HSBC Holdings plcwww.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-people/board-of-directors	1
Senior management \| Our people \| HSBC Holdings plcwww.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-people/senior-management	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

HSBC

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