News & Events | Alamo Colleges

Transparency, Taxes & Compliance | Alamo Colleges

Our District | Alamo Colleges

Alamo Colleges District

AlamoFORWARD | Alamo Colleges

Baldrige | Alamo Colleges

About Us | Alamo Colleges

Employee Portal | Alamo Colleges

Plan | Alamo Institutes | Alamo Colleges

Academic Advising & Advising Centers | Alamo Colleges

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

June 2025

May 2025

Alamo Colleges

Title / URL	Issues
News & Events \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/news--events/	13
Transparency, Taxes & Compliance \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/compliance/	13
Our District \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/our-district/	13
Alamo Colleges Districtwww.alamo.edu/	13
AlamoFORWARD \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/strategic-planning/	13
Baldrige \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/baldrige/	13
About Us \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/	13
Employee Portal \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/offices-departments/employees/	13
Plan \| Alamo Institutes \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/enroll/plan/	13
Academic Advising & Advising Centers \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/academics/academic-resources/advising/	13

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Alamo Colleges

Where this issue has occurred