Newsroom | Australian National University

Group of Eight | Australian National University

First Nations | Australian National University

Academic Colleges | Australian National University

Privacy | Australian National University

Facts about ANU | Australian National University

About ANU | Australian National University

Freedom of Information | Australian National University

Governance | Australian National University

Page not found | Australian National University

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

September 2025

August 2025

Australian National University (ANU)

	Title / URL	Issues
	Newsroom \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/news	1
	Group of Eight \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/group-of-eight	1
	First Nations \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/first-nations	1
	Academic Colleges \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/about/academic-colleges	1
	Privacy \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/privacy	1
	Facts about ANU \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/about/facts-about-anu	1
	About ANU \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/about	1
	Freedom of Information \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-information	1
	Governance \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/about/governance	1
	Page not found \| Australian National Universitywww.anu.edu.au/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Australian National University (ANU)

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