Uncompromising Stands on Animal Rights | PETA

See Our Latest Victories | PETA

The Latest Vegan News

Frequently Asked Questions | PETA

Top Resources for Kind Living | PETA

About PETA | PETA.org

K–12 Lesson Plans and Classroom Tips for Compassionate Teachers

The Ultimate Guide to Vegan Food and Being Vegan | PETA

Animal Issues | PETA

Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA

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

PETA

Title / URL	Issues
Uncompromising Stands on Animal Rights \| PETAwww.peta.org/about-peta/why-peta/	1
See Our Latest Victories \| PETAwww.peta.org/about-peta/victories/	1
The Latest Vegan Newswww.peta.org/living/	1
Frequently Asked Questions \| PETAwww.peta.org/about-peta/faq/	1
Top Resources for Kind Living \| PETAwww.peta.org/living/living-101/	1
About PETA \| PETA.orgwww.peta.org/about-peta/	1
K–12 Lesson Plans and Classroom Tips for Compassionate Teacherswww.peta.org/teachkind/	1
The Ultimate Guide to Vegan Food and Being Vegan \| PETAwww.peta.org/living/food/	1
Animal Issues \| PETAwww.peta.org/issues/	1
Animal Rights and Campaign News \| PETAwww.peta.org/blog/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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