Discover CIIS | CIIS

Graduate Programs - Online and in San Francisco | CIIS

Office of the President | CIIS

CIIS in the World | CIIS

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Faculty | CIIS

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CIIS News | CIIS

Error 404 | CIIS

Online Degree Programs - Bachelor's, Master's, PhDs | CIIS

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

March 2025

February 2025

California Institute of Integral Studies

Title / URL	Issues
Discover CIIS \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/discover-ciis	1
Graduate Programs - Online and in San Francisco \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs	1
Office of the President \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/presidents-office	1
CIIS in the World \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/ciis-in-the-world	1
Request Information \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/request-information	1
Faculty \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/academics/faculty	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ciis.edu/	1
CIIS News \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/news	1
Error 404 \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Online Degree Programs - Bachelor's, Master's, PhDs \| CIISwww.ciis.edu/academics/online-learning	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

California Institute of Integral Studies

Where this issue has occurred