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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 2026

January 2026

International Business Machines

	Title / URL	Issues
	Contact IBM Privacywww.ibm.com/privacy/requests/contact/us-en	8
	Responsible AI \| IBMwww.ibm.com/trust/responsible-ai	4
	IBM Privacy Statementwww.ibm.com/us-en/privacy	3
	Trust and transparency \| IBMwww.ibm.com/policy/trust-transparency	3
	Applicant Data Privacy - IBM Careerswww.ibm.com/careers/applicant-data-privacy	3
	IBM Enterprise Security Program \| Trust centerwww.ibm.com/trust/security	3
	Trustwww.ibm.com/trust	3
	IBM California Supplemental Privacy Statementwww.ibm.com/us-en/privacy/ccpa	3
	IBMid - IBM Documentationwww.ibm.com/docs/en/ibmid	3
	IBM Cloud Compliance Overview Pagewww.ibm.com/products/cloud/compliance	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

International Business Machines

Where this issue has occurred