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Free Speech at Cleveland State University | Cleveland State University

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CARE at CSU | Cleveland State University

News | Cleveland State University

Faculty/Staff Directory | Cleveland State University

Parking | Cleveland State University

President | Cleveland State University

Office of Admissions | 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

July 2025

June 2025

Cleveland State University

Title / URL	Issues
Research \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/research	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
News \| Cleveland State Universitycsuohio.edu/news	1
Faculty/Staff Directory \| Cleveland State Universitycsuohio.edu/phone?_ga=2.239680003.1839440347.1726000868-373096829.1721232424&_gl=1%2A1dkdpn6%2A_gcl_au%2AMTI4OTU5NDQzNi4xNzIxMjMyNDI0%2A_ga%2AMzczMDk2ODI5LjE3MjEyMzI0MjQ.%2A_ga_EEYNYG39GR%2AMTcyNjE1OTA4NS45LjEuMTcyNjE3MzAzNC42MC4wLjA.	1
Parking \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/parking	1
President \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/presidents-office	1
Office of Admissions \| Cleveland State Universitywww.csuohio.edu/admissions	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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