Forskningscentre

Kommercialisering af forskning

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Nyheder

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Forskningens Døgn på Aarhus Universitet 24. april

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Typer af forskningssamarbejde

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

January 2025

December 2024

Aarhus University

Title / URL	Issues
Forskningscentrewww.au.dk/forskning/forskningscentre/	4
Kommercialisering af forskningwww.au.dk/samarbejde/kommercialisering-af-forskning	4
Aarhus Universitet - presseinformation - find ekspertlister, forskere...www.au.dk/om/presse/	4
Cookiepolitikwww.au.dk/cookiepolitik/	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.au.dk/	4
Nyhederwww.au.dk/nyheder/	4
Det rullende Universitetwww.au.dk/detrullendeuniversitet	4
Forskningens Døgn på Aarhus Universitet 24. aprilwww.au.dk/forskningens-doegn	4
Institutterwww.au.dk/forskning/institutter	4
Typer af forskningssamarbejdewww.au.dk/samarbejde/samarbejde-med-forskere/typer-af-forskningssamarbejde	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Aarhus University

Where this issue has occurred