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Parks and Recreation | Waukesha County

Permits and Licenses | Waukesha County

Civil Court | Waukesha County

Emergency Preparedness | Waukesha County

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

December 2025

November 2025

Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Title / URL	Issues
Home \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/	5
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.waukeshacounty.gov/	5
Circuit Courts \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/circuit-courts/	5
Airport \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/public-works/airport/	5
Vital Records \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/register-of-deeds/vital-records/	4
Parks and Land Use Events \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/parks-and-land-use/parks-and-land-use-events/	4
Parks and Recreation \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/parks-and-land-use/parks-and-recreation/	4
Permits and Licenses \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/permits-and-licenses/	4
Civil Court \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/circuit-courts/civil-court/	4
Emergency Preparedness \| Waukesha Countywww.waukeshacounty.gov/emergency-preparedness/	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Where this issue has occurred