Site • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngage

Community | St Charles County, MO - Official Website

Human Resources | St Charles County, MO - Official Website

Site Map • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngage

Notify Me • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngage

Social Media | St Charles County, MO - Official Website

Staff Directory • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngage

Pages • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngage

Agenda Center • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngage

Intranet | St Charles County, MO - Official Website

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 2025

October 2025

St. Charles County, Missouri

	Title / URL	Issues
	Site • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngagewww.sccmo.org/site/copyright	1
	Community \| St Charles County, MO - Official Websitewww.sccmo.org/31/Community	1
	Human Resources \| St Charles County, MO - Official Websitewww.sccmo.org/514/Human-Resources	1
	Site Map • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngagewww.sccmo.org/SiteMap	1
	Notify Me • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngagewww.sccmo.org/list.aspx	1
	Social Media \| St Charles County, MO - Official Websitewww.sccmo.org/1426/Social-Media	1
	Staff Directory • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngagewww.sccmo.org/Directory.aspx	1
	Pages • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngagewww.sccmo.org/accessibility	1
	Agenda Center • St Charles County, MO • CivicEngagewww.sccmo.org/agendacenter	1
	Intranet \| St Charles County, MO - Official Websitewww.sccmo.org/72/Intranet	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

St. Charles County, Missouri

Where this issue has occurred