Usage notes for aria-label are inaccurate

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MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-label

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Associated roles

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

This section describes aria-label support in terms of the specification -- that aria-label should work on any element which is allowed to have an accessible name. However in practice, this is not the case; aria-label actually only works on interactive elements, widgets, landmarks, img and iframe.

What did you expect to see?

The section should describe where aria-label can be used in practice, not just reproduce the letter of the specification.

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

https://www.tpgi.com/short-note-on-aria-label-aria-labelledby-and-aria-describedby/

Do you have anything more you want to share?

No response

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Page report details

• Folder: en-us/web/accessibility/aria/attributes/aria-label
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-label
• GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/accessibility/aria/attributes/aria-label/index.md
• Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/80421c1f883f661bca11d186c7340cce6f82b9d8
• Document last modified: 2022-09-16T04:50:32.000Z