Charities - audit, tax and consulting | RSM UK

Events

Financial services - corporate consultation and support | RSM UK

Retail - audit, tax and consulting | RSM UK

RSM UK - audit, tax and consulting services

Industrials | RSM UK

Tax risk and governance | RSM UK

Services we offer - audit, tax and consulting services | RSM UK

Industries we serve - audit, tax and consulting services | RSM UK

Education - audit, tax and consulting | RSM UK

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

June 2025

May 2025

Title / URL	Issues
Charities - audit, tax and consulting \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/industries/not-for-profit/charities	3
Eventswww.rsmuk.com/events	3
Financial services - corporate consultation and support \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/industries/financial-services	3
Retail - audit, tax and consulting \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/industries/consumer-markets/retail	3
RSM UK - audit, tax and consulting serviceswww.rsmuk.com/	3
Industrials \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/industries/industrials	3
Tax risk and governance \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/services/tax/tax-risk-and-governance	3
Services we offer - audit, tax and consulting services \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/services	3
Industries we serve - audit, tax and consulting services \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/industries	3
Education - audit, tax and consulting \| RSM UKwww.rsmuk.com/what-we-offer/industries/not-for-profit/education	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Rsm

Where this issue has occurred