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Investment opportunities, value proposition | Smiths Group

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About us: Pioneers of progress | Smiths Group

At a glance: a global leader in engineering | Smiths Group

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

November 2024

October 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Environmental sustainability \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/sustainability/environment	1
Investor relations contacts \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/investors/investor-contacts	1
Get up-to-date news from Smiths Group \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/news-and-insights/news	1
Corporate governance and compliance \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/about-us/corporate-governance	1
Investment opportunities, value proposition \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/investors/investing-in-smiths	1
Investors Relations \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/investors	1
Cookies \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/cookies	1
Innovating, developing, and commercialising new solutions \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/about-us/innovation	1
About us: Pioneers of progress \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/about-us	1
At a glance: a global leader in engineering \| Smiths Groupwww.smiths.com/about-us/at-a-glance	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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