Milwaukee County Department of Transportation | MCDOT

County of Milwaukee | Milwaukee County | Attend

Milwaukee County Ethics Board

County of Milwaukee | Milwaukee County | Report

County of Milwaukee | Milwaukee County | Public Records

Milwaukee County County Executive

County of Milwaukee | Pay Bail

County of Milwaukee | Milwaukee County | Events

County of Milwaukee | Milwaukee County | Home | Milwaukee County

Parks & Maps | Parks | Milwaukee County

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

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

	Title / URL	Issues
	Milwaukee County Department of Transportation \| MCDOTcounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/Department-of-Transportation	29
	County of Milwaukee \| Milwaukee County \| Attendcounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/How-Do-I/Attend	29
	Milwaukee County Ethics Boardcounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/Ethics-Board	29
	County of Milwaukee \| Milwaukee County \| Reportcounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/How-Do-I/Report	29
	County of Milwaukee \| Milwaukee County \| Public Recordscounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/Our-County/Public-Records	29
	Milwaukee County County Executivecounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/County-Executive	29
	County of Milwaukee \| Pay Bailcounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/Sheriff/How-Do-I/Pay-Bail	29
	County of Milwaukee \| Milwaukee County \| Eventscounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/News--Events/Events	29
	County of Milwaukee \| Milwaukee County \| Home \| Milwaukee Countycounty.milwaukee.gov/	29
	Parks & Maps \| Parks \| Milwaukee Countycounty.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/Find-a-Park	29

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Where this issue has occurred