Broken label for
reference
Accessibility Checkpoint
Description
The label for
attribute refers to a non-existent control.
Help
This happens when the for
attribute doesn’t exactly match a control id
, or targets a control name
instead of a control id
.
Applicable standards
- Section 508 (2000) 1194.22 (n)
- WCAG 1.0 (Success Criteria: 12.4 level AA)
Change history
- 5.36 Jan 2020 Removed - this is only a failure if a control is unlabeled, which is detected by other rules.
- 5.8 Mar 2015 No longer triggers F17, which was removed from the February 2015 version of Techniques for WCAG 2.0.
- 4.7 Jun 2012 Now triggers Section 508 1194.22 (n).
- 3.4 Sep 2009 Now triggers WCAG 2 F17, replacing the F17 rule which detected exactly same issue.
- 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.
This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.
Rule ID: AccWcag1-12.4.3