Jobs | Welcome to Multnomah County

Elected officials | Welcome to Multnomah County

First time visit: View without clicking anything

About Board Meetings | Welcome to Multnomah County

Volunteer at the County | Welcome to Multnomah County

Privacy Policy | Welcome to Multnomah County

Search | Welcome to Multnomah County

Departments, Divisions, and Offices | Welcome to Multnomah County

Services | Welcome to Multnomah County

Pay Property Taxes | Welcome to Multnomah 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

May 2025

April 2025

Multnomah County, Oregon

Title / URL	Issues
Jobs \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/programs/jobs	1
Elected officials \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/elected	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingmultco.us/	1
About Board Meetings \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/info/about-board-meetings	1
Volunteer at the County \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/services/volunteer-county	1
Privacy Policy \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/info/privacy-policy	1
Search \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/search	1
Departments, Divisions, and Offices \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/departments	1
Services \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/services	1
Pay Property Taxes \| Welcome to Multnomah Countymultco.us/services/pay-property-taxes	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Multnomah County, Oregon

Where this issue has occurred