ARIA label references empty element Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

The aria-labelledby attribute references a blank element.

Help

Make sure aria-labelledby references an element containing text.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.34 Jul 2019 Fixed false positive on hidden elements.
• 5.27 Oct 2017 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccAriaLabelledByBlank