About WWF-UK | WWF

Lead the way with a gift in your will | WWF

WWF's frequently asked questions | WWF

Philanthropy | WWF

Rewilding | WWF

Our challenge events: join the race to save our world | WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature | WWF

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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

August 2025

July 2025

Title / URL	Issues
About WWF-UK \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/about	3
Lead the way with a gift in your will \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/gifts-in-wills	2
WWF's frequently asked questions \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/faqs	2
Philanthropy \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/philanthropy	2
Rewilding \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/learn/rewilding	2
Our challenge events: join the race to save our world \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/events	2
World Wide Fund for Nature \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/?page=2	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.wwf.org.uk/	1
World Wide Fund for Nature \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/	1
World Wide Fund for Nature \| WWFwww.wwf.org.uk/?page=1	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

WWF

Where this issue has occurred