New rule to flag invalid aria-label format

README.md

@@ -82,27 +82,28 @@ This config will be interpreted in the following way:
 🔧 Automatically fixable by the [`--fix` CLI option](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/command-line-interface#--fix).\
 ❌ Deprecated.
 
-| Name                                                                 | Description                                                                                                              | 💼 | 🔧 | ❌  |
-| :------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :- | :- | :- |
-| [a11y-no-generic-link-text](docs/rules/a11y-no-generic-link-text.md) | disallow generic link text                                                                                               |    |    | ❌  |
-| [array-foreach](docs/rules/array-foreach.md)                         | enforce `for..of` loops over `Array.forEach`                                                                             | ✅  |    |    |
-| [async-currenttarget](docs/rules/async-currenttarget.md)             | disallow `event.currentTarget` calls inside of async functions                                                           | 🔍 |    |    |
-| [async-preventdefault](docs/rules/async-preventdefault.md)           | disallow `event.preventDefault` calls inside of async functions                                                          | 🔍 |    |    |
-| [authenticity-token](docs/rules/authenticity-token.md)               | disallow usage of CSRF tokens in JavaScript                                                                              | 🔐 |    |    |
-| [get-attribute](docs/rules/get-attribute.md)                         | disallow wrong usage of attribute names                                                                                  | 🔍 | 🔧 |    |
-| [js-class-name](docs/rules/js-class-name.md)                         | enforce a naming convention for js- prefixed classes                                                                     | 🔐 |    |    |
-| [no-blur](docs/rules/no-blur.md)                                     | disallow usage of `Element.prototype.blur()`                                                                             | 🔍 |    |    |
-| [no-d-none](docs/rules/no-d-none.md)                                 | disallow usage the `d-none` CSS class                                                                                    | 🔐 |    |    |
-| [no-dataset](docs/rules/no-dataset.md)                               | enforce usage of `Element.prototype.getAttribute` instead of `Element.prototype.datalist`                                | 🔍 |    |    |
-| [no-dynamic-script-tag](docs/rules/no-dynamic-script-tag.md)         | disallow creating dynamic script tags                                                                                    | ✅  |    |    |
-| [no-implicit-buggy-globals](docs/rules/no-implicit-buggy-globals.md) | disallow implicit global variables                                                                                       | ✅  |    |    |
-| [no-inner-html](docs/rules/no-inner-html.md)                         | disallow `Element.prototype.innerHTML` in favor of `Element.prototype.textContent`                                       | 🔍 |    |    |
-| [no-innerText](docs/rules/no-innerText.md)                           | disallow `Element.prototype.innerText` in favor of `Element.prototype.textContent`                                       | 🔍 | 🔧 |    |
-| [no-then](docs/rules/no-then.md)                                     | enforce using `async/await` syntax over Promises                                                                         | ✅  |    |    |
-| [no-useless-passive](docs/rules/no-useless-passive.md)               | disallow marking a event handler as passive when it has no effect                                                        | 🔍 | 🔧 |    |
-| [prefer-observers](docs/rules/prefer-observers.md)                   | disallow poorly performing event listeners                                                                               | 🔍 |    |    |
-| [require-passive-events](docs/rules/require-passive-events.md)       | enforce marking high frequency event handlers as passive                                                                 | 🔍 |    |    |
-| [role-supports-aria-props](docs/rules/role-supports-aria-props.md)   | Enforce that elements with explicit or implicit roles defined contain only `aria-*` properties supported by that `role`. | ⚛️ |    |    |
-| [unescaped-html-literal](docs/rules/unescaped-html-literal.md)       | disallow unescaped HTML literals                                                                                         | 🔍 |    |    |
+| Name                                                                     | Description                                                                                                              | 💼 | 🔧 | ❌  |
+| :----------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :- | :- | :- |
+| [a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted](docs/rules/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted.md) | [aria-label] text should be formatted as you would visible text, in a human-readable format.                             | ⚛️ |    |    |
+| [a11y-no-generic-link-text](docs/rules/a11y-no-generic-link-text.md)     | disallow generic link text                                                                                               |    |    | ❌  |
+| [array-foreach](docs/rules/array-foreach.md)                             | enforce `for..of` loops over `Array.forEach`                                                                             | ✅  |    |    |
+| [async-currenttarget](docs/rules/async-currenttarget.md)                 | disallow `event.currentTarget` calls inside of async functions                                                           | 🔍 |    |    |
+| [async-preventdefault](docs/rules/async-preventdefault.md)               | disallow `event.preventDefault` calls inside of async functions                                                          | 🔍 |    |    |
+| [authenticity-token](docs/rules/authenticity-token.md)                   | disallow usage of CSRF tokens in JavaScript                                                                              | 🔐 |    |    |
+| [get-attribute](docs/rules/get-attribute.md)                             | disallow wrong usage of attribute names                                                                                  | 🔍 | 🔧 |    |
+| [js-class-name](docs/rules/js-class-name.md)                             | enforce a naming convention for js- prefixed classes                                                                     | 🔐 |    |    |
+| [no-blur](docs/rules/no-blur.md)                                         | disallow usage of `Element.prototype.blur()`                                                                             | 🔍 |    |    |
+| [no-d-none](docs/rules/no-d-none.md)                                     | disallow usage the `d-none` CSS class                                                                                    | 🔐 |    |    |
+| [no-dataset](docs/rules/no-dataset.md)                                   | enforce usage of `Element.prototype.getAttribute` instead of `Element.prototype.datalist`                                | 🔍 |    |    |
+| [no-dynamic-script-tag](docs/rules/no-dynamic-script-tag.md)             | disallow creating dynamic script tags                                                                                    | ✅  |    |    |
+| [no-implicit-buggy-globals](docs/rules/no-implicit-buggy-globals.md)     | disallow implicit global variables                                                                                       | ✅  |    |    |
+| [no-inner-html](docs/rules/no-inner-html.md)                             | disallow `Element.prototype.innerHTML` in favor of `Element.prototype.textContent`                                       | 🔍 |    |    |
+| [no-innerText](docs/rules/no-innerText.md)                               | disallow `Element.prototype.innerText` in favor of `Element.prototype.textContent`                                       | 🔍 | 🔧 |    |
+| [no-then](docs/rules/no-then.md)                                         | enforce using `async/await` syntax over Promises                                                                         | ✅  |    |    |
+| [no-useless-passive](docs/rules/no-useless-passive.md)                   | disallow marking a event handler as passive when it has no effect                                                        | 🔍 | 🔧 |    |
+| [prefer-observers](docs/rules/prefer-observers.md)                       | disallow poorly performing event listeners                                                                               | 🔍 |    |    |
+| [require-passive-events](docs/rules/require-passive-events.md)           | enforce marking high frequency event handlers as passive                                                                 | 🔍 |    |    |
+| [role-supports-aria-props](docs/rules/role-supports-aria-props.md)       | Enforce that elements with explicit or implicit roles defined contain only `aria-*` properties supported by that `role`. | ⚛️ |    |    |
+| [unescaped-html-literal](docs/rules/unescaped-html-literal.md)           | disallow unescaped HTML literals                                                                                         | 🔍 |    |    |
 
 <!-- end auto-generated rules list -->

docs/rules/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# [aria-label] text should be formatted as you would visible text, in a human-readable format (`github/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted`)
+
+💼 This rule is enabled in the ⚛️ `react` config.
+
+<!-- end auto-generated rule header -->
+
+## Rule Details
+
+`[aria-label]` content should be formatted in the same way you would visible text.
+
+Please use sentence case, and avoid using hyphens like you would an ID.
+
+## Resources
+
+## Examples
+
+### **Incorrect** code for this rule 👎
+
+```html
+<a href="..." aria-label="learn more"></a>
+```
+
+```html
+<a href="..." aria-label="go-to-link"></a>
+```
+
+### **Correct** code for this rule 👍
+
+```html
+<a href="..." aria-label="Learn more"></a>
+```
+
+```html
+<a href="..." aria-label="Homepage"></a>
+```
+
+## Version

lib/configs/react.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module.exports = {
   extends: ['plugin:jsx-a11y/recommended'],
   rules: {
     'jsx-a11y/role-supports-aria-props': 'off', // Override with github/role-supports-aria-props until https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y/issues/910 is resolved
+    'github/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted': 'error',
     'github/role-supports-aria-props': 'error',
     'jsx-a11y/no-aria-hidden-on-focusable': 'error',
     'jsx-a11y/anchor-ambiguous-text': [

lib/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   rules: {
     'a11y-no-generic-link-text': require('./rules/a11y-no-generic-link-text'),
+    'a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted': require('./rules/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted'),
     'array-foreach': require('./rules/array-foreach'),
     'async-currenttarget': require('./rules/async-currenttarget'),
     'async-preventdefault': require('./rules/async-preventdefault'),

lib/rules/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const {getProp} = require('jsx-ast-utils')
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    docs: {
+      description: '[aria-label] text should be formatted as you would visible text, in a human-readable format.',
+      url: require('../url')(module),
+    },
+    schema: [],
+  },
+
+  create(context) {
+    return {
+      JSXOpeningElement: node => {
+        const prop = getProp(node.attributes, 'aria-label')
+        if (!prop) return
+
+        const propValue = prop.value
+        if (propValue.type !== 'Literal') return
+
+        const ariaLabel = propValue.value
+        if (ariaLabel.match(/^[a-z]+[a-z\-\s]*$/)) {
+          context.report({
+            node,
+            message:
+              '[aria-label] text should be formatted the same as you would visible text. Use sentence case and make sure you are not using hyphens.',
+          })
+        }
+      },
+    }
+  },
+}

tests/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted.js

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const rule = require('../lib/rules/a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted')
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester
+
+const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 'latest',
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      jsx: true,
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+const errorMessage =
+  '[aria-label] text should be formatted the same as you would visible text. Use sentence case and make sure you are not using hyphens.'
+
+ruleTester.run('a11y-aria-label-is-well-formatted', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    {code: "<a aria-labelledby='someId' href='#'>Read more</a>;"},
+    {code: "<a aria-label={someName} href='#'>Read more</a>;"},
+    {code: "<a aria-label='This is a label'></a>;"},
+    {code: '<Link aria-label="Valid" href="#">Read more</Link>'},
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {code: "<a aria-label='close modal'></a>;", errors: [{message: errorMessage}]},
+    {code: "<a aria-label='submit'></a>;", errors: [{message: errorMessage}]},
+    {code: "<a aria-label='this-is-not-an-id'></a>;", errors: [{message: errorMessage}]},
+  ],
+})