Types of Aid | College of Southern Nevada

Academic Affairs | College of Southern Nevada

Wellness | College of Southern Nevada

VETS Center | College of Southern Nevada

Student Life | College of Southern Nevada

Guest Students | College of Southern Nevada

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

August 2025

July 2025

College of Southern Nevada

	Title / URL	Issues
	Types of Aid \| College of Southern Nevadawww.csn.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid	4
	Academic Affairs \| College of Southern Nevadawww.csn.edu/academic-affairs	4
	Wellness \| College of Southern Nevadawww.csn.edu/wellness	1
	VETS Center \| College of Southern Nevadawww.csn.edu/financial-aid/vets-center	1
	Student Life \| College of Southern Nevadawww.csn.edu/student-life	1
	Guest Students \| College of Southern Nevadawww.csn.edu/admissions/guest-students	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

College of Southern Nevada

Where this issue has occurred