Annual Report 2023/24 - Waltham Forest Housing Association

Privacy Policy - Waltham Forest Housing Association

Home - Waltham Forest Housing Association

About us - Waltham Forest Housing Association

The Board - Waltham Forest Housing Association

Our staff - Waltham Forest Housing Association

WFHA Tenant Portal - Waltham Forest Housing Association

Sheltered accommodation - Waltham Forest Housing Association

Members - Waltham Forest Housing Association

Tenant Engagement and Scrutiny - Waltham Forest Housing Association

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

Waltham Forest Housing Association Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Annual Report 2023/24 - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/annual-report-2023-24/	2
	Privacy Policy - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/privacy-policy/	1
	Home - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/?fontsize=130	1
	About us - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/about-us/	1
	The Board - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/about-us/the-board/	1
	Our staff - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/about-us/our-staff-2-2/	1
	WFHA Tenant Portal - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/wfha-tenant-portal/	1
	Sheltered accommodation - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/sheltered-accommodation/	1
	Members - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/members/	1
	Tenant Engagement and Scrutiny - Waltham Forest Housing Associationwfha.org.uk/about-us/the-scrutiny-group/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Waltham Forest Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred