Samarbejde med forskere - cases til inspiration

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Iværksætteri på Aarhus Universitet skaber værdi

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

July 2025

June 2025

Aarhus University

Title / URL	Issues
Samarbejde med forskere - cases til inspirationwww.au.dk/samarbejde/samarbejde-med-forskere/cases-til-inspiration	4
Efter- og videreuddannelsewww.au.dk/evu	4
Ledelsewww.au.dk/om/uni	4
Det rullende Universitetwww.au.dk/detrullendeuniversitet	4
Nyhederwww.au.dk/nyheder/	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.au.dk/	4
Cookiepolitikwww.au.dk/cookiepolitik/	4
Kommercialisering af forskningwww.au.dk/samarbejde/kommercialisering-af-forskning	4
Aarhus Universitet - presseinformation - find ekspertlister, forskere...www.au.dk/om/presse/	4
Iværksætteri på Aarhus Universitet skaber værdiwww.au.dk/samarbejde/ivaerksaetteri-paa-au	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Aarhus University

Where this issue has occurred