Department of Public Defense | Iowa.gov

Business Guides | Iowa.gov

Please accept our apologies. We can't find that page. | Iowa.gov

Elections & Government Guides | Iowa.gov

Recreation Guides | Iowa.gov

Donations | Iowa.gov

Apply for a State Job | Iowa.gov

Official Website | Iowa.gov

Welcome to Iowa | Iowa.gov

Assistance Programs Guides | Iowa.gov

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

March 2025

February 2025

State of Iowa

Title / URL	Issues
Department of Public Defense \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/public-defense	3
Business Guides \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/business-guides	1
Please accept our apologies. We can't find that page. \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Elections & Government Guides \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/elections-government-guides	1
Recreation Guides \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/recreation-guides	1
Donations \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/disaster-resources/donations	1
Apply for a State Job \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/how-do-i-apply-state-job	1
Official Website \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/official-website	1
Welcome to Iowa \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/welcome-iowa	1
Assistance Programs Guides \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/assistance-programs-guides	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

State of Iowa

Where this issue has occurred