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- Last Updated : 01 Nov, 2019
The aria-labelledby attribute is an inbuilt attribute in HTML that is used to create relationships between objects and there labels. When any element containing both the attribute aria-labelledby and aria-label attribute the browsers high priority will be aria-labelledby without any doubt. This aria-labelledby attribute can be used with any typical HTML form element; it is not limited to elements but aria-label attribute we should be careful while using aria-label as it does not work with all HTML elements.
Syntax:
<element aria-labelledby =""> Conetent </element >
Parameters: A space-separated list of all the element IDs.
Below is the list of all the popular usage of aria-labelledby attribute:
- Multiple Labels: Here each element is a field with both labels, the individual labels, and the group labels.
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code<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
style
>
body {
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h1
>GeeksforGeeks</
h1
>
<
div
id
=
"myBillingId"
><
h4
>Billing of Course</
h4
></
div
>
<
br
>
<
div
>
<
div
id
=
"myNameId"
>Stu_ID:
<
input
type
=
"text"
aria-labelledby
=
"myBillingId myNameId"
/>
</
div
>
</
div
>
<
div
>
<
div
id
=
"myCourseId"
>Course:
<
input
type
=
"text"
aria-labelledby
=
"myBillingId myCourseId"
/>
</
div
>
</
div
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
Output:
- Associating Headings With Regions: In this example, the header element is linked with the group head div, which makes the relation between the group head and the header element.
Example:filter_none
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code<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
style
>
body {
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
div
role
=
"main"
aria-labelledby
=
"geeks"
>
<
h1
>GeeksforGeeks</
h1
>
<
h4
id
=
"geeks"
>A Computer Science Portal for Geeks</
h4
>
The articles are reviewed by reviewers and then published.
The reviewers basically check for correctness and basic
plagiarism.
</
div
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
Output:
- Radio Groups: In this example, the radio group of a button is in relation with the container head.
Example:filter_none
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code<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
style
>
body {
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h1
>GeeksforGeeks</
h1
>
<
div
id
=
"radio_label"
>My radio labels</
div
>
<
ul
role
=
"radiogroup"
aria-labelledby
=
"radio_label"
>
<
li
role
=
"radio"
>
<
input
type
=
"radio"
>Geeks</
li
>
<
li
role
=
"radio"
>
<
input
type
=
"radio"
>For</
li
>
<
li
role
=
"radio"
>
<
input
type
=
"radio"
>Geeks</
li
>
</
ul
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
Output:
- Dialog Label: In this example relation established between dialog and the header element.
Example:filter_none
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code<
div
role
=
"dialog"
aria-labelledby
=
"dialogheader"
>
<
dialog
id
=
"dialogheader"
>Choose a File</
dialog
>
A Computer Science Portal
</
div
>
- Inline Definition: In the example below, the definition of a term that is described in the natural flow of the narrative is associated with the term itself using the aria-labelledby attribute.
Example:filter_none
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code<
p
>The articles are reviewed by reviewers and then
<
dfn
id
=
"placebo"
>placebo</
dfn
>, published.
<
span
role
=
"definition"
aria-labelledby
=
"placebo"
>
The reviewers basically check for correctness and basic plagiarism.</
span
>
</
p
>
- Definition Lists: In the example below, the definitions in a formal definition list are associated with the terms they define using the aria-labelledby attribute.
Example:filter_none
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code<
dl
>
<
dt
id
=
"Geeks"
>Geeks</
dt
>
<
dd
role
=
"definition"
aria-labelledby
=
"Geeks"
>
The articles are reviewed by reviewers and then published.
</
dd
>
<
dd
role
=
"definition"
aria-labelledby
=
"Geeks"
>
The reviewers basically check for correctness and basic plagiarism.
</
dd
>
<
dt
id
=
"GFG"
>GfG</
dt
>
<
dd
role
=
"definition"
aria-labelledby
=
"GFG"
>
The articles are reviewed by reviewers and then published.
</
dd
>
<
dd
role
=
"definition"
aria-labelledby
=
"GFG"
>
The reviewers basically check for correctness and basic plagiarism.
</
dd
>
</
dl
>
- Menus: In the example below, a popup menu is associated with its label using the aria-labelledby attribute
Example:filter_none
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code<
div
role
=
"menubar"
>
<
div
role
=
"menuitem"
aria-haspopup
=
"true"
id
=
"fileMenu"
>File</
div
>
<
div
role
=
"menu"
aria-labelledby
=
"fileMenu"
>
<
div
role
=
"menuitem"
>GeeksforGeeks</
div
>
<
div
role
=
"menuitem"
>Courses</
div
>
</
div
>
</
div
>
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