Pet Promise | Woodgreen Pets Charity

Woodgreen Pets Charity | Pet advice and support for owners UK-wide

Family resources | Woodgreen Pets Charity

Teacher resources | Woodgreen Pets Charity

Our impact | Woodgreen Pets Charity

Give up your pet | Woodgreen Pets Charity

What we do | Woodgreen Pets Charity

Become a fosterer | Woodgreen Pets Charity

Adoption and rehoming | Woodgreen Pets Charity

All help and support | Woodgreen Pets Charity

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

Woodgreen Pets Charity

Title / URL	Issues
Pet Promise \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/pet-promise/	3
Woodgreen Pets Charity \| Pet advice and support for owners UK-widewoodgreen.org.uk/	1
Family resources \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/family-resources/	1
Teacher resources \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/teacher-resources/	1
Our impact \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/about-us/our-impact/	1
Give up your pet \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/giving-up-your-pet/	1
What we do \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/	1
Become a fosterer \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/how-to-help/foster/	1
Adoption and rehoming \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/adoption-and-rehoming/	1
All help and support \| Woodgreen Pets Charitywoodgreen.org.uk/help-and-support/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Woodgreen Pets Charity

Where this issue has occurred