Honors Program | Bridgewater State University

Page not found | Bridgewater State University

Course Search | Bridgewater State University

Inquire | Bridgewater State University

Financial Aid Office | Bridgewater State University

Faculty Life & Development | Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater State University

Academics | Bridgewater State University

Student Crisis Information | Bridgewater State University

Campus Map | Bridgewater State 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

June 2025

May 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	Honors Program \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/academics/honors-program	4
	Page not found \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	4
	Course Search \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/course-search	4
	Inquire \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/inquire	4
	Financial Aid Office \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/office/financial-aid	4
	Faculty Life & Development \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/faculty-life-development	4
	Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/	4
	Academics \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/academics	4
	Student Crisis Information \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/student-crisis-information	4
	Campus Map \| Bridgewater State Universitywww.bridgew.edu/about-us/campus-map	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Bridgewater State University

Where this issue has occurred