Our Areas Of Work | The Children's Society

Supporter Promise | The Children's Society

Privacy Policy | The Children's Society

The Good Childhood Report | The Children's Society

Organisational Policies | The Children's Society

Donate | The Children's Society

Our People | The Children's Society

Cookie Policy | The Children's Society

Our History | The Children's Society

Young People's Stories | The Children's Society

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

The Children's Society

Title / URL	Issues
Our Areas Of Work \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work	1
Supporter Promise \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/supporter-promise	1
Privacy Policy \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/privacy-policy	1
The Good Childhood Report \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood	1
Organisational Policies \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/organisational-policies	1
Donate \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/how-you-can-help/donate	1
Our People \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/our-people	1
Cookie Policy \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/cookie-policy	1
Our History \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/our-history	1
Young People's Stories \| The Children's Societywww.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/stories	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

The Children's Society

Where this issue has occurred