Alamo Colleges District News & Events | Updates, Stories & Announcements

Transparency, Taxes & Compliance | Alamo Colleges

Our District | Alamo Colleges

Alamo Colleges District

AlamoFORWARD | Alamo Colleges

Baldrige | Alamo Colleges

Program Finder | Alamo Colleges

Plan | Alamo Institutes | Alamo Colleges

Admission & Aid | Alamo Colleges

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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

October 2025

September 2025

Alamo Colleges

	Title / URL	Issues
	Alamo Colleges District News & Events \| Updates, Stories & Announcementswww.alamo.edu/news--events/	18
	Transparency, Taxes & Compliance \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/compliance/	18
	Our District \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/our-district/	18
	Alamo Colleges Districtwww.alamo.edu/	18
	AlamoFORWARD \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/strategic-planning/	18
	Baldrige \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/about-us/baldrige/	18
	Program Finder \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/academics/program-finder/	18
	Plan \| Alamo Institutes \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/enroll/plan/	18
	Admission & Aid \| Alamo Collegeswww.alamo.edu/admission--aid/	18
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.alamo.edu/	18

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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