Independent Age | Reports and Accounts | Independent Age

Our people | Independent Age

Donate to Independent Age

Make ageing fair | Independent Age

Renting from a private landlord | Independent Age

About us | Independent Age

News and media | Independent Age

Your home and housing | Independent Age

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Information and advice | Independent Age

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

December 2025

November 2025

Independent Age

Title / URL	Issues
Independent Age \| Reports and Accounts \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/about/AnnualReports	2
Our people \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/about/our-people	1
Donate to Independent Agewww.independentage.org/donate	1
Make ageing fair \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/make-ageing-fair	1
Renting from a private landlord \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/renting-privately	1
About us \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/about	1
News and media \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/news-media	1
Your home and housing \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/get-advice/housing	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.independentage.org/	1
Information and advice \| Independent Agewww.independentage.org/get-advice	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Independent Age

Where this issue has occurred