Our Policies | YoungMinds

Careers & Job Vacancies At YoungMinds | YoungMinds

Real Stories On Mental Health From Young People | YoungMinds

How To Contact YoungMinds | YoungMinds

404 | YoungMinds

Search | YoungMinds

Charity Shop | Support Young People's Mental Health | YoungMinds

Fundraising For YoungMinds | YoungMinds

Mental Health Support For Young People | YoungMinds

Basket | YoungMinds Shop | YoungMinds

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

February 2025

January 2025

YoungMinds

Title / URL	Issues
Our Policies \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/about-us/our-policies/	1
Careers & Job Vacancies At YoungMinds \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/about-us/careers/	1
Real Stories On Mental Health From Young People \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/blog/	1
How To Contact YoungMinds \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/	1
404 \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Search \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/search/?query=Anxiety	1
Charity Shop \| Support Young People's Mental Health \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/shop/	1
Fundraising For YoungMinds \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/support-us/fundraising/	1
Mental Health Support For Young People \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/	1
Basket \| YoungMinds Shop \| YoungMindswww.youngminds.org.uk/shop/basket/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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