News | Cleveland State University

Prospective Grad Student Social Offers the Chance to Make Connections | Cleveland State University

Oops! Page not found | Cleveland State University

Free Speech at Cleveland State University | Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University Home | Cleveland State University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

CARE at CSU | Cleveland State University

President | Cleveland State University

Parking | Cleveland 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

January 2026

December 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	News \| Cleveland State Universitycsuohio.edu/news	1
	Prospective Grad Student Social Offers the Chance to Make Connections \| Cleveland State Universitycsuohio.edu/news/prospective-grad-student-social-offers-chance-make-connections	1
	Oops! Page not found \| Cleveland State Universitycsuohio.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Free Speech at Cleveland State University \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/freespeech	1
	Cleveland State University Home \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingcsuohio.edu/	1
	CARE at CSU \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/care	1
	Sponsored Programs and Research Services \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/sprs	1
	President \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/presidents-office	1
	Parking \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/parking	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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